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Mama Africa Wisdom and Love African Proverbs

African proverbs of wisdom and love of mothers, may the blessings of motherly love flow like a river through your heart forever more.


African Mother and child in Mugunga Rwanda

Every mother leaves her footprints  African-Proverb

A mother is like a kernel, crushed by problems but strong enough to overcome them  African-Proverb

The strength of a mother is in the ears and on the lips. Mali-Proverb

African Mother and child in Mali Africa

Who built the drum knows best what is inside  Burundi-Proverb

Alone a child runs fast, with a mother slow, but together they go far  African-Proverb

If you educate the mother, you have educated the child  Burundi-Proverb

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The eagle does not hunt flies   African-Proverb

A fine cage will not feed the bird   African-Proverb

What is learned in the cradle lasts until the grave  African-Proverb

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today

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Nature Holds Many Secrets | Hurricanes, Angry African Ancestors

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Eastern coasts of Caribbean, United States, and South America, are in danger of being blasted by hurricanes wind and rain during hurricane season from June through November. But, why? The scientific reason why is because of Africa’s Sahara desert dust storms and the transition of thunderstorms off the west coast of Africa. The waters in the North Atlantic Ocean are typically at their warmest while the Sahara is at its hottest from July through October, so the chances of a hurricane are highest during these months. African legend, the paths hurricanes follow. Hurricanes are gigantic weather systems using convection, the movement of hot and cold air, to create dangerous storms. They are rotating heat engines powered by the warmth of tropical waters having three main parts, the eye, the eyewall, and rainbands. Hurricanes cannot form just anywhere in the world due to the need for hot and humid air. They normally form close to the equator and move west or northwest. Hurrica
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Dinka and Nuer Tribes of South Sudan

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Sudan was the largest country in Africa until 2011 when Sudan and South Sudan became two separate countries. The Dinka are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Republic of Sudan. Dinka and Nuer Tribes of Sudan Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture Whether Nuer or Dinka, traditionally the focus for Sudanese people has been a nomadic community, the small communities are made up of extended families based on lineage of male relatives and ancestors. The members of a lineage act in the group's interest, safeguarding territory or forming important ties with other families by marriage. Usually, a family leader is a respected elder. Overview of South Sudan Dinka and Nuer Tribes Sudan lies wholly within the tropics, and with the exception of the Sudd region in the south, and some hilly districts towards its western and eastern extremities, constitute one vast plain. The extreme north is Saharan in its heat and aridity, but below this, a central belt
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Using Amen and Ashe or Ase

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Usage of Amen and Ashe or Ase Ashe to Amen learn about the custom of using the words Ashe and Amen historically. Where did the word Amen and Ashe come from why is it said and what does it mean? In Judaism, 3,500 years old and Christian religions 2,000 years old, Amen, means may it be so. In the African Yoruba language among the Yoruba people whose culture is as old as time, Ashe or Ase means may it be so. Ase or Ashe means power, commandment, and authority, the ability to make whatever one says happen from the spiritual to the physical realm. In the Yoruba language, Ashe is omnipresent spiritual energy. Followers of Judaism and Christian religions use the word Amen. It is the word utilized to end prayers as an affirmation for the requests to be provided by God. Yoruba is as old as time, Ashe refers to the life force within all living things, the spark that animates life. It is used as a term used in the same manner as Amen at the end of appeals and prayers as an affirmati
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Sankofa learning is a life-long process

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The past illuminates the present, Sankofa Asante Adinkra symbol means know your history is to know yourself, the search for knowledge is a life-long process. Sankofa  Asante Adinkra symbol   Sankofa learning is a life-long process The Akan have an ancient and rich cultural heritage that includes the extensive use of pictorial symbolism in the writing system known as Adinkra, which was created by the Ashanti craftsmen of Ghana. Sankofa Ashanti or Asante Adinkra symbol represented either by a bird with its head turned backward taking an egg off its back, or as a curvy heart shape. “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi," "It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten." The Akan believe that the past illuminates the present and that the search for knowledge is a life-long process. The Sankofa symbol illustrates the quest for knowledge and the importance of learning from the past. Sankofa Means: san means to return + ko means t
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