Fulani proverbs

Fulani proverbs contain the folk wisdom of the Fulani people, expressed in their traditional sayings such as munyal deefan hayre ("patience can cook a stone").

The Fulani are pastoral cattle herders and so one of their traditional proverbs is "If the cattle die, the Fulbe will die".

References

Sources

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