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'''Proverbs from all of [[w:Africa|Africa]].'''
== A ==
* A thorn can be removed by another thorn. 
** Meaning: Atfer a break-up, a woman can be replaced by another woman. A man can be replaced by another man.
* A wise man sees further seated, than a boy up on a tree.

== B ==
BY LABOR COME WEALTH

== D ==
* Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.
** English equivalent: Today is yesterday's pupil.
** {{cite book | last1 = Sr, Neil, Neil, Neal | year = 2011 | title = Police Instructor: Deliver Dynamic Presentations, Create Engaging Slides, \& Increase Active Learning | publisher = CreateSpace | page = 245 | isbn=1}}

*Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.
** Meaning: Avoid copying someone else. Just because someone has been [[successful]] in what he/she does does not warrant that you will also be successful at the same thing. [http://answersafrica.com/african-proverbs-meanings.html Answers Africa proverbs and meanings]

== E ==
* Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.<br>It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.<br>Every morning a [[lion]] wakes up.<br>It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.<br>It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.<br>When the sun comes up, you better start running.

Africa is so black📺musician are on.      Fire

==F==Those who are controlled by drowsiness are fools,but those who control their sleep are wise.--By Tafara Musenga .
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== I ==
* '''If one knows thee not or a blind man scolds thee, do not become angry'''.
** [[Anonymous]] (claimed to be an African proverb by ''The Journal of Negro [[History]], Volume I. Jan. 1916''[http://www.outfo.org/literature/pg/1/3/6/4/13642/13642.txt])

* It takes a whole village to raise a child.
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== See also ==
* [[Afrikaans proverbs]]
* [[Ila proverbs]]
* [[Ndebele proverbs]]
* [[Xhosa proverbs]]

[[Category:Proverbs]]