Malian proverbs
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Collection of Malian proverbs.
- Even if a pirogue stays in the river for a long time it will never become a crocodile.[1]
- The thorn in another person's flesh is easier to remove.[2]
- Everything has an end, except the banana which has two.[3]
Notes:
[edit]- ↑ Bamana proverb, Mali; quoted in Ivan Bargna, Africa, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso published under license from Mondadori, Electa, Milan, Rome, 2008, p. 15.
- ↑ Quoted in AA.VV., The Proverbs of Black Africa, Giovane Africa Edizioni, Pontedera, 2011. ISBN 978-88-97707-06-6
- ↑ Bamana proverb; quoted in The world at the table, Internazionale, n. 478, p. 73.