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African Proverbs
Small collection, presented by The Life in Africa Foundation (in English).

African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
Africa based site with extensive collection of proverbs in various languages with explanations, book reviews, bibliography.

Akan Goldweights and Proverbs
Goldweights symbolizing proverbs.

Ethiopian Proverbs Homepage
More than a hundred proverbs (in English), compiled by M. Worku.

Helpful African Proverbs
About forty proverbs compiled by musician Kane Mathis.

Kiswahili Proverbs
Small collection in Kiswahili with English translation.

Methali za Kiswahili - Kiswahili Proverbs
A list of Kiswahili proverbs with searching and comments options.

Motherland Nigeria: Proverbs
Large number of proverbs from or popular in Nigeria (in English).

Proverb and Culture in the Novels of Chinua Achebe
A discussion by Jayalakshmi V. Rao.

Proverb Player
Gambian and other African proverbs from The Gambia Resource Page.

Swahili: Kanga Writings
Article by Hassan Ali on the proverbs and messages expressed by the patterns on kanga cloth.

SwahiliOnline.com: Swahili Proverbs
Swahili proverbs with English translations and explanations, with an introduction.

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