Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty from Africa

1 Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania

2 It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa

3 He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania

4 By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba

5 Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia



6 One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti

7 One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia

8 Money is sharper than the sword. – Ashanti

9 A man’s wealth may be superior to him. ~ Cameroon

10 The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu



11 The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba

12 The poor man and the rich man do not play together. ~ Ashanti

14 Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba

15 With wealth one wins a woman. ~ Uganda

16 Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan

17 A real family eats the same cornmeal. ~ Bayombe

18 If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn. ~ Congo

19 Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true. ~ South Africa

20 One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia



21 Money is not the medicine against death. ~ Ghana

22 He who receives a gift does not measure. ~ Africa

23 Much wealth brings many enemies. – Swahili


24 There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. ~ Ethiopia

25 What you give you get, ten times over. ~ Yoruba



26 Greed loses what it has gained. ~ Africa

27 You become wise when you begin to run out of money. ~ Ghana

28 If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars. ~ Ghana

29 You should not hoard your money and die of hunger. – Ghana

30 Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use. ~ Nigeria


31 Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan

32 Having a good discussion is like having riches ~ Kenya

33 Knowledge is better than riches. ~ Cameroon

34 You must act as if it is impossible to fail. ~ Ashanti

35 Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can. ~ Ashanti


Source: afritorial.com