Best Ten African Food Sayings Proverbs and Quotes
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The next best thing to eating food, is talking about it, the best ten African food sayings proverbs and quotes
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Serving lunch in South Africa |
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Grinding rice in Madagascar |
Best Ten African Food Sayings Proverbs and Quotes
A palm wine tapper does not stop tapping palm wine because he once fell from the top of a palm wine tree.
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A palm wine tapper |
An onion shared with a friend tastes like roast lamb.
Rather a piece of bread with a happy heart than wealth with grief.
A juicy bone is useless to a dog with no teeth.
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Outdoor kitchen in DRC |
Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh.
A bowl should not laugh when a calabash breaks.
A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam that his mother puts into his palm.
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Kneading dough |
A fallen branch cannot bear fruits on its own.
A guest who breaks the dishes of his host is not soon forgotten.
A person who sells eggs does not start a fight in the market.