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Top 15 African Proverbs (2025 Update)

African Proverb Quote: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

1. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

— African Proverb

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African Proverb Quote: “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”

2. “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it, chased it.”

3. “Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it, chased it.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Rain beats the leopard’s skin but it does not wash out the spots.”

4. “Rain beats the leopard’s skin but it does not wash out the spots.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “There is no beauty but the beauty of action.”

5. “There is no beauty but the beauty of action.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “A roaring lion kills no game.”

6. “A roaring lion kills no game.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.”

7. “Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “A tree is bent while it is still wet.”

8. “A tree is bent while it is still wet.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.”

9. “Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “The best way to eat an elephant in your path is to cut him up into little pieces.”

10. “The best way to eat an elephant in your path is to cut him up into little pieces.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Hands wash each other.”

11. “Hands wash each other.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “He who does not know one thing knows another.”

12. “He who does not know one thing knows another.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet.”

13. “Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams.”

14. “No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “A chattering bird builds no nest.”

15. “A chattering bird builds no nest.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Rain does not fall on one roof alone.”

16. “Rain does not fall on one roof alone.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “Do not look where you feel, but where you slipped.”

17. “Do not look where you feel, but where you slipped.”

— African Proverb

African Proverb Quote: “A person is a person through other persons.”

18. “A person is a person through other persons.”

— African Proverb

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