AFRICAN PROVERBS: On Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty

Source: http://www.siliconafrica.com/100-african-proverbs-i-always-keep-with-myself/

1. Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania
2. Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia
3. One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti
4. The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba
5. 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
6. Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan
7. Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true. ~ South Africa
8. You become wise when you begin to run out of money. ~ Ghana
9. Having a good discussion is like having riches ~ Kenya