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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. 

(contracted; show full)* Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
* If a child washes his hands well he could eat with kings.
* If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.
* You cannot see the inside of a bottle through the neck with two eyes.
* The mouth which eats does not talk.

===Proverbs as stated in the BBC News website===
* "Much silence has a mighty noise" - 
aA Swahili proverb sent by Robert Porter in Tema, Ghana
* "A house built with saliva will be washed away by the morning dew" - A Yoruba proverb sent by Afolabi Salawu and Yemiolorunsogo, both in Nigeria
* “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” - Sent by Smith Moyo, Malawi (I wonder what that means...)
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* “One who enters the forest does not listen to the breaking of the twigs in the bush” - A Bemba proverb from Zambia sent by Alexis Kabanda, Ottawa, Canada
* “One who throws away the seed pod does not realize that he has thrown away a basket of vegetables” - An Igbo proverb sent by Nnamdi Udoye, London, UK (waste not, want not?)
* “When they wish to eat a vulture, they call it a guinea fowl” - An Amharic proverb sent by Kebede Deribe, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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* “When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you” - Sent by Wolit William, Kampala, Uganda