Nothing is closer to the heart of African society and thought than the proverb. More than any other tradition, it expresses the essence of African wisdom, drawn from past generations.  It is our hope that these monthly proverbs will provide you with much inspiration and food for thought.

• A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.


• When deeds speak, words are nothing.


• Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.


• Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.


• However long the night, the dawn will break.