30 Famous Akan Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Akan Proverbs

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.