Meaningful but Funny African Proverbs – Proverbs are wise sayings, coughed up by the elders, especially in African settings to advise or serve as a moral compass.
In this article, you will see the most meaningful but funny African Proverbs that will provoke laughter.
Most Meaningful But Funny African Proverbs
🟢 Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. (-Uganda)
🟢 The sun that melts wax dries clay. (-Niger)
🟢 He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
🟢 It is not what you are called but what you answer to.
🟢 Between true friends, even water drunk together is sweet enough.
🟢 Don’t mistake a short man for a boy. (-Nigeria)
🟢 If you think that you are too small to make a difference then, you have not spent a night with a mosquito.
🟢 A person does not dispute it when the chair on which the person is sitting says the person has farted.
🟢 He who has diarrhea knows the direction of the door without being told. (-Uganda)
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🟢 A boy perched on a tree sees what an old man sees seated on a stool. (-West Africa)
🟢 Anger, no matter how hot it is, can never cook yam. (-Nigeria)
🟢 He who must swallow the ‘Udala’ seed must check the size of his stomach.
🟢 Just because you have been stung by a bee doesn’t mean you destroy all beehives. (-Kenya)
🟢 If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for something.
🟢 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
🟢 You have to be careful to kill a fly that is perched on your scrotum. (-Ghana)
🟢 If the throat can swallow a knife, the anus must find a way of expelling it. (-Africa)
🟢 Quarrel ends, but the words that were spoken never die.
🟢 There’s no virgin in a maternity ward.
🟢 A goat’s frown cannot stop it from being taken to the market. (-Nigeria)
🟢 Before you go out with a widow, you must first ask her what killed the husband.
🟢 Experience is a comb that nature gives to men when they are bald. (-East Africa)
🟢 It is okay for a child to play with the mother’s breasts, but not the father’s testicles. (-Guinea)
🟢 If you are ugly, you must learn to dance or to make love.
🟢 If you fill your mouth with a razor, you will spit blood.
🟢 The anus doesn’t teach the mouth the sweetness of food.
🟢 Never tell the man carrying you that he stinks.
🟢 No matter how hot your anger may be, it cannot cook. (-Lesotho)
🟢 A monkey that eats grass instead of banana is a goat. (-Africa)
🟢 Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.
🟢 Only a fool tests the depth of the river with both feet.
🟢 He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
🟢 Shit will smell, no matter how small. (-Gambia)
🟢 Fine words do not produce food.
🟢 However much the buttocks are in a hurry, they will always remain at the back. (-Africa)
🟢 No matter how far you urinate, the last drop always falls at your feet.
🟢 The brightness of the day can never determine if a blind man can direct his meal into his mouth.
🟢 Wealth is like hair in the nose: it hurts to be separated whether from a little or from a lot.
🟢 You cannot run and scratch your ass at the same time. (-Ethiopia)
🟢 A person who sells eggs should not start a fight in the market.
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