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Talk:African proverbs
African proverbs are idiomatic expressions relevant to the situations and happenings discovered on the african shores. These proverbs are not just given or made base on literal work but strictly on the happenings envisaged within the vicinity of the happenings. 

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* “When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion” - Sent by Fisum T, Ethiopia
* “Better to stumble with the foot than with the tongue” - A Swahili proverb sent by Meg Burley, London, UK
* “In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins a case” - A proverb from Rwanda and Burundi sent by Imonitie C Imoisili in Lagos, Nigeria
* “A cooking pot for the chameleon is a cooking pot for the lizard” - A Nigerian proverb sent by Michael Okorie, Tromso, Norway
 (here's a possible equivalent: what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander)
* “A child does not teach how to breastfeed” - Sent by Moses Mayen Mayen, South Sudan
* “Despise not a snail for its slow and struggling movement; it has a destination and with time it shall arrive” - Sent by Alfred Jah Johnson, Pennsylvania, United States
* “Those who die as the result of their folly are many; those who die as the result of their wisdom are few” - Sent by Amos Faleye, Ogun state, Nigeria
* “When the leopard has a toothache, then the goat can go and collect a debt” - A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson, Oklahoma, US⏎
* “Bad dancing does not break an engagement” - A Luyia / Gisu proverb sent by Sheila Oder, Kampala, Uganda