The African Gourmet: African Cuisine, Folktales and Cultural Stories

God Couldn’t Be Everywhere — So He Created Mothers Mother carry me; I will carry you as well in the future. Mothers and Children — African Proverbs We Treasure If the herders are lost, the sheep will get lost. — African Proverb A small hole not mended in time will become a big hole, much more difficult to mend. — African Proverb Work the clay while it is still wet. — African Proverb Love has twenty pairs of eyes. — African Proverb Trust is built and maintained by many small actions over time. — African Proverb Love, like rain, does not choose the grass on which it falls. — African Proverb A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. — African Proverb Honor a child and he will honor you. — African Proverb Motherhood — Wisdom Across Africa A child may have too much of its mother's blessing. — African Proverb Wars are always detested by mothers. — African Proverb Children suck the mother when they are young, and the father when they are old....

Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Equatorial Guinea — Africa’s Wettest Countries Explained Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Equatorial Guinea: Africa’s Wettest Countries Sierra Leone , Liberia, and Equatorial Guinea are the wettest countries in Africa, according to climate statistics from The World Bank. Africa has one of the world’s least developed weather and water observation networks — nearly half of its surface weather stations do not report reliable data. Rainfall shapes everything in Africa — farming, food security, and settlement patterns. Too much water can flood crops and damage soils; too little during the growing season leads to crop failure. Understanding rainfall patterns is essential for agriculture and rural livelihoods. Sierra Leone: Rainfall and Farming Sierra Leone receives about 2,526 mm of precipitation per year . Along the coast, rainfall can reach 495 cm (195 inches) annually, making it one of the wettest places in coastal West Africa...