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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


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