Bambara Proverbs

No matter how many chores you finish in your house, there is always yet more to be done. Bambara Proverbs Image

No matter how many chores you finish in your house, there is always yet more to be done.

A pregnant woman is not afraid if you threaten her Bambara Proverbs Image

A pregnant woman is not afraid if you threaten her

When you chop off a snake’s head all you are left with is a piece of rope. Bambara Proverbs Image

When you chop off a snake’s head all you are left with is a piece of rope.

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman. Bambara Proverbs Image

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman.

The kitchen is older than the mosque. Bambara Proverbs Image

The kitchen is older than the mosque.

The hare and the elephant don’t travel well together. Bambara Proverbs Image

The hare and the elephant don’t travel well together.

Do not walk in God’s ways on someone else’s behalf. Bambara Proverbs Image

Do not walk in God’s ways on someone else’s behalf.

There is no mother like your own mother. Bambara Proverbs Image

There is no mother like your own mother.

Even in the freshest of milk, you will still find hairs. Bambara Proverbs Image

Even in the freshest of milk, you will still find hairs.

The word of a powerful man is the truth. Bambara Proverbs Image

The word of a powerful man is the truth.

I have to learn how to walk on three legs says the hyena for when I am old. Bambara Proverbs Image

I have to learn how to walk on three legs says the hyena for when I am old.

Beware of the goat that is in the lion’s lair. Bambara Proverbs Image

Beware of the goat that is in the lion’s lair.

If the hare is your enemy, admit that he can run fast. Bambara Proverbs Image

If the hare is your enemy, admit that he can run fast.

The motherless child will suckle the grandmother. Bambara Proverbs Image

The motherless child will suckle the grandmother.

No matter how long a log floats on the river, it will never be a crocodile. Bambara Proverbs Image

No matter how long a log floats on the river, it will never be a crocodile.

No matter how much the world changes, cats will never lay eggs. Bambara Proverbs Image

No matter how much the world changes, cats will never lay eggs.

God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed. Bambara Proverbs Image

God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.

God provides for the blind vulture. Bambara Proverbs Image

God provides for the blind vulture.

A long beard and a rosary will not make you a priest. Bambara Proverbs Image

A long beard and a rosary will not make you a priest.

The child who loves freedom is the first victim of it. Bambara Proverbs Image

The child who loves freedom is the first victim of it.

When you get older you keep warm with the wood you gathered as a youth. Bambara Proverbs Image

When you get older you keep warm with the wood you gathered as a youth.

He who has a boss is not the master of his burden. Bambara Proverbs Image

He who has a boss is not the master of his burden.

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