List Of African Proverbs On Money,Wealth,Riches and Poverty
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