If birds travel without coordination, they beat each other's wings. - Swahili/East Africa

Knowledge is like a garden. If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. - African proverb

A single hand cannot cover the sky. - Akan/Ghana

We do not look at another person's clock in order to work. - Yoruba/Nigeria

Famine sleeps under the grain basket. - Proverbs of the Basotho

Poverty makes a free person into someone who is no longer free. - West Africa

Happiness can grow from a little contentment. - Pygmy proverb

There is always room for the people you love, even if the house is crowded - Tanzania

It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof/Senegal

Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food. - Ibo proverb

The world sees the mouth, God sees the stomach. - Igala/Nigeria

When a mountain is in your path, do not sit down at its foot and cry. Get up and climb it. - African proverb

The sound of a baby can be heard easily in heaven. - Northern Sotho

One who goes back to his home does not consider the night too dark. He knows his way.
- Luganda proverb

The pillar of the world is hope. - Kanuri/Nigeria

Peace and rain... prosperity. - Proverbs of the Basotho

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. - Bondei proverb

The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine. - Yoruba

One who does not ask, does not receive: when the chicken is drinking water, it lifts its head to heaven. Even the chicken prays. - Luganda proverb

If you want to travel fast, travel alone. If you want to travel far, travel together. - African proverb

Struggle to farm. Gifts cannot satisfy your needs. - Bena/Tanzania

Mother is God number two. - Chewa/Malawi