Top Famous African Wise Proverbs and Quotes About Life, Rich African Culture

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Top Famous African Wise Proverbs and 
Quotes About Life, Rich African Culture

African proverbs and wise sayings, “Wisdom is 
wealth!”
The ancestors of Africa handed down treasures of 
wisdom and adages. This calls for respect. While 
some of our leaders may have forgotten them, the 
rest of us need not to. From prudent sayings on 
wisdom itself, to judicious encouragements, 
warnings and even quirky advice on learning, 
patience, unity, wealth, poverty, community, 
family, love and marriage, these proverbs will 
inspire you to be the best you can possibly be.

African Quotes on Wisdom
1. Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili
proverb
2. Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one 
individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb
3. The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~ 
Ethiopian proverb
4. Wisdom does not come overnight. ~ Somali 
proverb
5. The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid 
water. ~ Cameroon proverb
6. Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others. 
~ Hema (DRC) proverb
7. Only a wise person can solve a difficult 
problem. ~ Akan proverb
8. Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the 
sand. ~ Guinean proverb
9. In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges 
and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb


10. If you are filled with pride, then you will have 
no room for wisdom. ~ African proverb
11. A wise person will always find a way. ~ 
Tanzanian proverb
12. Nobody is born wise. ~ African proverb
13. A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. 
~Kenyan proverb
14. Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and 
hidden. ~ Akan proverb

African Quotes on Learning
1. Learning expands great souls. ~ Namibian 
proverb
2. To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African 
proverb
3. By crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African 
proverb
4. If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn 
through accidents. ~ African proverb
5. He who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian proverb
6. Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, 
if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili


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