Here’s what those interviewed shared by way of African proverbs and their contemporary relevance. “A lion does not stop for barking dogs—it knows its strength.” Krista Folade Madzimoyo.

Oculi is at his best when he talks about the abilities and uses of bananas and weaves maxims, metaphors and similes around them.

Hillary Clinton mentioned the "village" saying. Cory Booker warned of the dangers of going it alone. Are these really African proverbs, as the speakers claim? We ask the experts.

Proverb 1 "He who upsets a thing should know how to rearrange it" (Sierra Leonean) -- Proverb 3 "The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people" (Ghanian) -- Proverb 4 "He who does not ...

Abasi Kiyimba, Gendering Social Destiny in the Proverbs of the Baganda: Reflections on Boys and Girls Becoming Men and Women, Journal of African Cultural Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Dec., 2005), pp.

Lawrence Mbogoni, an African studies professor, wrote: "Proverb or not, 'It takes a whole village to raise a child' reflects a social reality some of us who grew up in rural areas of Africa can ...

Since Africa is a big continent, she says, "It is always best when you can say: This is a proverb from Kenya. Even better if you could say, the Maasai people of Kenya, or if you can say, this is ...