30 Akan Proverbs / Page 2
- 11. One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.
- 12. Only birds of the same clan or species play together on the same tree.
- 13. The child is capable of splitting open the snail, not the tortoise.
- 14. The clever bird is easily trapped in the leaves at the edges.
- 15. The crocodile does not die under the water so that we can call the monkey to celebrate its funeral.
- 16. 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.
- 17. The good mother knows what her children will eat.
- 18. The gun catridge-belt of Akowua has never been known to lack bullets.
- 19. The knot tied by a wiseman cannot be undone by a fool.
- 20. The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way.
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