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African Proverb of the Month

1998 African Proverbs of the Month

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Jun. 1998: "I pointed out to you the stars (the moon) and all you saw was the tip of my finger." - Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb

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Jul. 1998: "Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it." - Akan and Ewe (Benin, Ghana and Togo) Proverb

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Aug. 1998: "The person who has not traveled widely thinks his or her mother is the only cook (the best cook)." - Ganda (Uganda) Proverb

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Sep. 1998: "It [a bug] grows up in dry wood, and yet comes to maturity." - Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

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Oct. 1998: "If you have no teeth, do not break the clay cooking pot." - Chewa (Malawi) Proverb

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Nov. 1998: "It takes a whole village to raise a child." - Igbo and Yoruba (Nigeria) Proverb

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