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Maori of New Zealand (16)

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❖ Food, the produce of your own labor, you may eat without stint. The old home stands, but its owners disappear. Food given by ano...

Mexican Proverbs (82)

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❖ Show not your teeth when you are unable to bite. Once a traitor, always a traitor. No fly dares to get near a boiling kettle....

Lithuanian Proverbs (14)

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❖ There are many crosses upon a cemetery, but no cares. The hungry wolf goes for food even into the village. Listen much and speak...

Anaang Proverbs (54)

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The Anaang (also spelled Annang) is a cultural and ethnic group native to "South South" geopolitical zone in Nigeria. It is als...

Bemba Proverbs (90)

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The Bemba language, ChiBemba, is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia. The Lamba language is closely related a...

Cameroonian Proverbs (001-050)

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❖ A small axe is not sufficient to cut down a large tree. A wrong step by the leader is a warning for those following. A warthog e...

Cameroonian Proverbs (051-100)

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❖ If a father does not cultivate, the son does not inherit land. If you get a fine harvest of maize don’t break your local brotherhoo...

Cameroonian Proverbs (101-123)

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❖ To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews. To punch with a strong fist, you need to turn over ...

Ashanti Proverbs (92)

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Ashanti, Asante (dialect), or Asante Twi, is spoken by over 2.8 million people in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. ❖ No tree ever bore fru...

Efik Proverbs (33)

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The Efik are an ethnic group located primarily in southeastern Nigeria, in the southern part of Cross River State. ❖ Thought breaks t...

Egyptian Proverbs (125)

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❖ The house of the unjust oppressor is destroyed, though it should happen in distant times. Who seeks for wealth without previous we...

Ethiopian Proverbs (33)

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❖ A trial between brothers has no winners or losers. A man with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace. A village without elderly is...

Fulani Proverbs (108)

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The Fulani people one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa. They are bound together by the Fula language. ❖ Prev...

Ga Proverbs (42)

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Ga is a Kwa language, part of the Niger–Congo family. It is very closely related to Adangme, and together they form the Ga–Dangme branch w...

Ghanaian Proverbs (001-050)

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❖ A child can pass through a lion’s hole. A mother’s womb is technicolor; it gives birth to any kind and character of children. A n...