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African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty ◦ Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania ◦It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa ◦He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania ◦By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba ◦Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia ◦One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti ◦One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia ◦Money is sharper than the sword. – Ashanti ◦A man’s wealth may be superior to him. ~ Cameroon ◦The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu ◦The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba ◦The poor man and the rich man do not play together. ~ Ashanti ◦Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba ◦With wealth one wins a woman. ~ Uganda ◦Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan ◦A real family eats the same cornmeal. ~ Bayombe ◦If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn. ~ Congo ◦Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true. ~ South Africa ◦One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia ◦Money is not the medicine against death. ~ Ghana ◦He who receives a gift does not measure. ~ Africa ◦Much wealth brings many enemies. – Swahili ◦There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. ~ Ethiopia ◦What you give you get, ten times over. ~ Yoruba ◦Greed loses what it has gained. ~ Africa ◦You become wise when you begin to run out of money. ~ Ghana ◦If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars. ~ Ghana ◦You should not hoard your money and die of hunger. – Ghana ◦Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use. ~ Nigeria ◦Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan ◦Having a good discussion is like having riches ~ Kenya ◦Knowledge is better than riches. ~ Cameroon ◦You must act as if it is impossible to fail. ~ Ashanti ◦Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can. ~ Ashanti |
