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kondorong



Gambia
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Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  19:51:56  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
1. If a donkey kicks you and you kick back, you are both donkeys. (Gambia)

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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:03:41  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
A family is like a forest, if you are outside it is dense, if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position (Akan)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:04:41  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
Before you ask someone for clothes, look at the clothes he/she is wearing (Nigeria)
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Galo Sowe



Sweden
116 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:17:59  Show Profile Send Galo Sowe a Private Message
A fly that has no one to advice it, follows the corpse into the grave. (Gambia)
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jambo



3300 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:24:05  Show Profile Send jambo a Private Message
nice, nice, food for thought.
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:27:39  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
If a blind man says lets throw stones, be assured that he has stepped on one (Nigeria)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:29:11  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter (Nigeria)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:29:48  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
When you are eating with the devil, you must use a long spoon (Nigeria)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:31:43  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
If we stand tall, it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us (Yoruba Nigeria)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:34:37  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
If nothing touches the palm-leaves, they do not rustle (Ghana)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:36:52  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
A child who denies their mother a night's sleep will also remain awake (Gambia)
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jambo



3300 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  20:53:08  Show Profile Send jambo a Private Message
Go Kons
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  21:00:18  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep (Nigeria)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  21:01:17  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
If all seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow the path under trees (Ghana)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  21:01:49  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
However black a cow is, its milk is always white (Gambia)
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kondorong



Gambia
4380 Posts

Posted - 30 Aug 2006 :  21:02:17  Show Profile Send kondorong a Private Message
A donkey always says thank you with a kick (Kenya)
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