Akan proverbs

Only birds of the same clan or species play together on the same tree.

Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.

When the hen steps on the feet of her chicken, she does not mean to kill them.

A child who is to be successful is not to be reared exclusively on a bed of down.

Although the snake does not fly, it has caught the hornbill, whose home is in the sky.

If all the seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow the path under the trees.

The crocodile does not die under the water so that we can call the monkey to celebrate its funeral.

The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.

When you go to a town and you see the chief of the town is in handcuffs, you do not ask whether everything is alright in that town.

If you do not have sandals, find some, if you do not have gun powder, find some for a score to settle with you on the battle grounds.

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