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African Quotable Quotes: Miscellaneous

I am too busy to die

Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda "The Ngwazi" (1906-1997) : Former President of Malawi

The heart is like a tree, it grows where it wishes

Shona Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe : Submitted by C. Wadzanai Makonese

Hope doesn't kill; its rushing that kills

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

A tree that bears good fruit has sticks under it.

Akan Tribe Proverb, Ghana : Submitted by Samuel T Mensah

There is a future in Africa for all of us, for the majority and minority races and tribes.

Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda "The Ngwazi" (1906-1997) : Former President of Malawi

The deed is greater than the one who did it

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

The maker of the King doesn't rule with him

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

 
     
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There is no snake that forgot its hole

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

Those who once saw each other will see each other again

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

There would be no gunshots in the forests, if tortoises and snails where the only animals there.

Akan Tribe Proverb, Ghana

Look at your hands, when you are eating a monkey’s hand.

Akan Tribe Proverb, Ghana

If you have a message for God, you tell the wind.

Akan Tribe Proverb, Ghana 

Running is not getting there!

Shona Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

He lights a fire in the wind

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

There is no head with out eyes

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

 
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