Ghanaian Proverbs

We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward Ghanaian Proverbs Image

We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward

If two selfish young men sit next to a pot of water, the water spills out on the ground. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If two selfish young men sit next to a pot of water, the water spills out on the ground.

If the goat says it will become a sheep, there will always be black spots on its body. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If the goat says it will become a sheep, there will always be black spots on its body.

Don’t expect to be offered a chair when you visit a place where the chief himself sits on floor. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

Don’t expect to be offered a chair when you visit a place where the chief himself sits on floor.

A woman is like a blanket. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

A woman is like a blanket.

If the hunter comes back with mushrooms, don’t ask him how his hunt was. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If the hunter comes back with mushrooms, don’t ask him how his hunt was.

If two proverbs are not similar, one is not used to explain the other. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If two proverbs are not similar, one is not used to explain the other.

If things are getting easier, maybe you’re headed downhill. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If things are getting easier, maybe you’re headed downhill.

If we knew where death resided, we would never stay there. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If we knew where death resided, we would never stay there.

“roast something for the children that they may eat.” Ghanaian Proverbs Image

“roast something for the children that they may eat.”

If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.

If the young palm tree wants to stay alive, it grows next to the odum tree. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If the young palm tree wants to stay alive, it grows next to the odum tree.

If the strong man has nothing else, he can at least command others. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If the strong man has nothing else, he can at least command others.

When you are rich, you are resented; when you are poor, you are despised. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

When you are rich, you are resented; when you are poor, you are despised.

If you take your tongue to the pawnshop, you can’t redeem it later. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

If you take your tongue to the pawnshop, you can’t redeem it later.

Every one hates the red ant on a kola nut because he cannot eat or sell it. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

Every one hates the red ant on a kola nut because he cannot eat or sell it.

The army of the palm tree is its branches. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

The army of the palm tree is its branches.

Two small antelopes can beat one big one. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

Two small antelopes can beat one big one.

There is bound to be a knot in a very long string. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

There is bound to be a knot in a very long string.

There is no distinction among the common baskets made of palm branches. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

There is no distinction among the common baskets made of palm branches.

The soul of a rich man has no taboos. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

The soul of a rich man has no taboos.

It is only one bad palm tree that spoils the whole lot of palm wine. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

It is only one bad palm tree that spoils the whole lot of palm wine.

He who falls victim to his enemies can expect no mercy. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

He who falls victim to his enemies can expect no mercy.

A stranger dances – he does not sing. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

A stranger dances – he does not sing.

A slave does not choose his master. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

A slave does not choose his master.

A powerful deity is the one to whom sacrifices are offered. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

A powerful deity is the one to whom sacrifices are offered.

When a king has good counsellors, his reign is peaceful. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

When a king has good counsellors, his reign is peaceful.

People working on the slope of a mountain do not look at the buttocks of one another. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

People working on the slope of a mountain do not look at the buttocks of one another.

The chicken also knows when it’s morning, but still watches cock. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

The chicken also knows when it’s morning, but still watches cock.

You can always buy her back later. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

You can always buy her back later.

It is easy to become a monk in one’s old age. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

It is easy to become a monk in one’s old age.

It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.

It is not only one person who bathes in the witch’s water. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

It is not only one person who bathes in the witch’s water.

One knows even when one neighbour’s bread is in the oven. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

One knows even when one neighbour’s bread is in the oven.

One lie ruins a thousand truths. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

One lie ruins a thousand truths.

The goat says: “nobody willingly walks to his own death.” Ghanaian Proverbs Image

The goat says: “nobody willingly walks to his own death.”

The goat says: “they bought my mother, not i.” Ghanaian Proverbs Image

The goat says: “they bought my mother, not i.”

However high you lift the kid goat, you place it gently on the ground. Ghanaian Proverbs Image

However high you lift the kid goat, you place it gently on the ground.

The goat says: “what will come has already come.” Ghanaian Proverbs Image

The goat says: “what will come has already come.”

The goat says: “where there is blood, there is plenty of food.” Ghanaian Proverbs Image

The goat says: “where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”

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