List Of African Proverbs About Mothers

“A silly daughter teaches her mother how to bear children.”
– from Ethiopia

“A child does not laugh at the ugliness of its mother”
– from Uganda

“He that has never traveled thinks that his mother is the only good cook in the world.”
– from Kenya

“The mother of a great man has not horns (i.e. she is a simple woman)”
– from Kenya

“We are born from the womb of our mother; we are buried in the womb of the earth”
– from Ethiopia

“Even if a baby seems unpleasant to look at, his mother never refuses him”.
– Bamoun proverb, Bamoun is spoken in Cameroon.

“A mother is like a kernel, crushed by problems but strong enough to overcome them.”
– Congo proverb

“Mother is God number two.”
– Chewa, Malawi proverb

“Your mother is still your mother, though her legs be small.”
– Chewa, Malawi proverb