The poor man and the rich man do not play together. Ashanti tribe

A Champion bull starts from birth. – Luyia.Western Kenya

Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones. Berber, North Africa

The young can’t teach traditions to the old. – Yoruba proverb

The eye is a coward. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

By coming and going, a bird weaves its nest. Ashanti, Ghana

Bad dancing does not brake an engagement. – Luyia , Western Kenya

A hyena cannot smell its own stench. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

One cannot count on riches. Somalia

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Even a friend can not rescue one from old age. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. – Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania

He who marries a real beauty is seeking trouble. – Accra proverb, Ghana

There is no bad patience. – (Knappert, p. 46, Swahili).

There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia

There is no medicine against old age. – Accra proverb, Ghana

One who sees something good must narrate it. – Ganda, Uganda

Before the chicken carefully observe the character of your guest. Mandingo proverb

Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.

A donkey knows no gratitude. – (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)

God’s rain falls even on the . – Fipa, Tanzania

The good looks of a moron do not stay that way for long. – Ethiopia (Ayele, p. 23, Amharic)

Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up. – Cape Coast, Ghana

A man’s wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon

You can not take away someone’s luck. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

Knowledge is better than riches. Cameroon

The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit. – Ethiopia

Hold a true friend with both hands. – Kanuri proverb, Nigeria

The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. – Ethiopia

Goodness gets a seat. – Igala, Nigeria. (Pachocinski, p. 224; explanation: good people will be shown favors and will live longer).

A messenger cannot be beaten . – Luyia proverbs , Western Kenya

A crime eats its own child. Sechuana

Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leone

The chicken is never declared in the court of hawks. – Cape Coast, Ghana

The pillar of the world is hope. – Kanuri proverb, Nigeria

A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief’s court. – Cape Coast, Ghana

Blind belief is dangerous. – Luyia , Western Kenya

He flees from the roaring lion to the crouching lion. Sechuana

Do they prepare leather [for a battle shield] the day they fight? – Zar, Nigeria

A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia

You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya

If one is roasting two potatoes, one of them is bound to get charred. – Kikuyu, Kenya.

People know each other better on a journey. Plaatje

That man’s a fool whose sheep flees twice. – Oji proverb

The orphan does not rejoice after a heavy breakfast. – Cape Coast, Ghana

One does not love if one does not accept from others. – Kanuri proverb, Nigeria

You are sitting in peace (unharmed): as the nose of a cow that feeds among thorntrees and shows no scars. Luganda, Uganda

The crows, the idle person grumbles. – Yoruba, Nigeria

When your mouth stumbles, it’s worse than feet. – Oji proverb

The one chased away with a club comes back, but the one chased away with kihooto [reason] does not. – Kikuyu, Kenya