Proverbs from around West Africa
It is only a male elephant that can lift another one from a pit.
The hyena chasing two antelopes at the same time will go to bed hungry.
If a cat is the only barber in the city, then the rat will surely grow an Afro.
A river that forgets its source will run dry.
Long may be the tilling and the sowing may be late but the fruit will ripen if you toil and wait.
Time is like a river, you cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again.
If Friday is going to be sweet, you will know by Thursday.
