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African Wisdom in Image and Proverb

DjennŽ, Mali 1992

DjennŽ, Mali 1992

Go softly in the world; if it is harmed, it cannot return. Nigerian proverb
While visiting DjennŽ we took a tour of the countryside where the Bozo people live. We found these unusual, compact villages surrounded by mud walls, with a mosque towering over the homes. Inside, we walked the narrow streets visiting families in their mud-brick homes. After we left the village these children decided to go fishing in a nearby lake. DjennŽ, Mali 1992

"I am because we are; we are because I am" South African proverb Life is a proverb of creation. African proverb All who live under the sun are plaited together like one big mat. African proverb Southern Kenya 1995 Life is the best gift; the rest is extra. Tanzanian proverb Massina, Mali 1994 Life is in community. African proverb Southern Sudan 1989 DiafarabŽ, Mali 1994 Life has two legs, male and female. African proverb Children are the reward of life. Congolese proverb Southern Sudan 1993 Lome, Togo Bamako, Mali 1992 Southern Sudan 1989 Missira-Wadne, Senegal 1988 Sokoto, Nigeria 1989 Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. Guinean proverb Cotonou, Benin 1991 The Gambia 1994 Nairobi, Kenya 1990 Narok, Kenya 1994 DiafarabŽ, Mali. 1994 DiafarabŽ, Mali. 1994 One does not live without working. Tanzanian proverb DjennŽ, Mali 1992 Mbao, Senegal 1988 Bamako, Mali 1992 If you can talk, you can sing; if you can walk, you can dance. Zimbabwean proverb Nairobi, Kenya 1995 Nairobi, Kenya 1995 God is the contemporary of everything. African proverb If you are going to ask from God, take a large basket. Nigerian proverb Southern Kenya, 1995 Asmara, Eritrea 1993