Ahoofe Ntua Ka, Suban Pa Na Hia (African Proverb)

African Proverbs

Ahoofe ntua ka, suban pa na hia (African Proverb)

Physical beauty does not count much, it is good character that counts.

·  There is no medicine to cure hatred.
Ashanti of Ghana

·  One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
Ashanti of Ghana

·  He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.
Cameroon

·  You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
Congo

·  To one who does not know, a who garden is a forest.
Ethiopia

·  As the wound inflames the finger, so thought inflames the mind.
Ethiopia-Oromo

·  Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
Guinea

·  Talking with one another is loving one another.
Kenya

·  Equality is not easy, but superiority is painful.
Serere

·  He who tells the truth is never wrong.
Swahili

·  He who hates, hates himself. Zulu

Toris Okotie ( An African Poet) Student Name:______
Africa my Africa Provide an interpretation below for each
Africa my Africa ______
Africa my motherland
Mother or Fatherland ______
Childless you went almost
But he that intervened ______
The God of all nations
Africa my Africa ______
Mother of nations great
Nigeria in the west ______
Ethiopia in the east remains
With labor pangs ______
You brought them forth
Africa my Africa ______
Father of Egypt
To the north, be so planted ______
And Zimbabwe, the south remains
And for Africa that mothered them all______
Africa my Africa
Your discovery had brought you pains ______
Children and grandchildren
To the great sea you lost ______
Continents with them were fed ______
Africa my Africa
In Vain labor no more ______
Loose a child, but to no one
Your great nations do protect ______
For he shall intervene
When you cry for help. ______

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