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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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* “Lying can get you a wife, but it won't keep her” - A Cameroonian proverb sent by Odette Eya Oteh, London, UK
* “Don't catch a leopard by the tail, but if you do, don't let it go” - Sent by Aman, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* “The termite is merely wishful, it can't sting the stone” - A Yoruba proverb sent by Olatunji Muyiwa, Ondo, Nigeria
* “A crying hungry child cannot be consoled by tales of past prosperity” - A Bemba proverb sent by Chisenga Bwalanda, Lusaka, Zambia
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* “No matter how low a cotton tree falls, it's still taller than grass” - A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson, Oklahoma, US