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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 ==
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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.
** Popularized in English by [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]]'s 1996 book, ''[[w:It Takes a Village#Proverb question|It Takes a Village]]''. Although sayings with similar purport are found in various African cultures, the authenticity of this expression's African origin is debatable.[http://www.h-net.org/~africa/threads/village.html][http://www.afriprov.org/index.php/african-proverb-of-the-month/23-1998proverbs/137-november-1998-proverb.html]

* '''If they are offered winged [[ant]]s, people will eat them.'''
** {{cite book|author=Martin H. Manser|title=The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA3|accessdate=15 June 2013|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-6673-5|page=3}}

* It is a bad child who does not take advice.
** English equivalent: Advice most needed is the least heeded.
** {{cite book | last1 = Stone | year = 2006 | title = Routledge Dictionary of World Proverbs | publisher = Taylor \& Francis | page = 8}}

== O ==
* One hand cannot wash itself.
Meaning: You need others to succeed in life. 
* Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
** Source for meaning: {{cite book|last1=Bennett|first1=Nigel|last2=Anderson|first2=Lesley|title=Rethinking Educational Leadership: Challenging the Conventions|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=whTcWnyncogC&pg=PA171|date=11 July 2003|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-4924-4|page=171}}
*One bad nut often destroys a lot of good nuts.
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== See also ==
* [[Afrikaans proverbs]]
* [[Ila proverbs]]
* [[Ndebele proverbs]]
* [[Xhosa proverbs]]

[[Category:Proverbs]]