Kim Jang-hyun, director general for African and Middle East Affairs at Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended the ceremony to extend congratulations from the Korean government.

Kim recalled an Egyptian proverb, "Once you drink from the Nile, you will come back again," which an Egyptian friend shared with him when he left Egypt after working at the Korean Embassy in Cairo from 2013 to 2015.

"After seven years, I was back. Last January, I was back in Egypt to accompany the Korean president's visit to Cairo. Egypt has changed beyond recognition in seven years. Cities have been unrecognizably overhauled and Cairo is full of energy. To me, that demonstrates President (Abdel Fattah) El-Sisi's great leadership," Kim said.

There is an African proverb which says that “It is only a mad man that go to sleep when his roof is on fire. Scholars who understood this proverb explained that it is only a foolish person that will assume a dying situation to be a comfortable condition. Many Nigerians are now uncomfortable with the incessant strike demonstrated by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) because for the past 6 months the Union has been on strike.

Ces derniers jours, les lassoutois ont eu le plaisir de découvrir la nouvelle formule du bulletin municipal, il porte le numéro 1. Un papier glacé, des pages colorées, de belles photos, et le petit mot d’Élodie Gardes qui s’appuie sur un proverbe africain pour présenter ce nouveau moulage : "Pour qu’un enfant grandisse, il faut tout un village". L’image d’un village intergénérationnel où chacun, et à tout âge, apporte sa contribution au "bien-vivre" à Lassouts.

Although the world football governing body distances football from politics, in Sierra Leone, the chapter is different. The aspiration of our football youths is raised whenever elections are around the corner, as aspiring MPs lavish money in community football gala. In Sierra Leone, it is evident that whether victory or loss, both aspiring and the incumbent governments have viewed football as a propaganda machinery to gain popularity, especially as football is the uniting force of Sierra Leoneans.

The proverb that ‘before you chase the snake in the bush, try to chase the dog that barks on your door step’, means that before you think of selecting your players for international football tournaments, learn to start football from Chiefdom, District, Regional to National level, to determine their fitness. The Irony is, you will recall that our qualification in the Afcon 2022 was attached to the interest of the Bio Administration in football, of course, for his moral and financial support to boost our victory. The signal our defeat indicates is that no nation, irrespective of its population density, topographical size, socio-economic status, political status has monopoly in football always new wonders from elsewhere and from someone from the blue.

“There’s an African proverb that says don’t stop planting your crops because the birds are eating them,” Evans said. “That’s good advice and we’re following that at City Hall. We won’t be paralyzed by hopelessness. We don’t give in to the bankruptcy of despair.”

L’accent mis par les États-Unis sur «l’égalité» et le «partenariat» n’est rien d’autre qu’un changement de ton arrogant dans leurs politiques envers l’Afrique, ce qui montre leur empressement à tirer le continent de leur côté maintenant, He Wenping, chercheur à l’Institut de Études sur l’Asie occidentale et l’Afrique dans le cadre de l’Académie chinoise des sciences sociales, a déclaré mardi au Chine Direct.

Les pays africains peuvent facilement voir à travers ces intentions, après tout, ils avaient vécu ce que le proverbe africain appelait « quand les éléphants se battent, l’herbe est piétinée » pendant la guerre froide, a-t-il déclaré.

« Blinken a affirmé dans son discours qu’il ne demanderait pas à l’Afrique de prendre parti et qu’il traiterait l’Afrique comme ‘un partenaire égal’. Mais ce qui est écrit dans le document – accusant la Chine et la Russie de poser des risques d' »activités négatives » en Afrique – est contradictoire : en salissant la contribution de la Chine et de la Russie au développement de l’Afrique et en soulignant leur propre rôle utile, les États-Unis forcent en fait l’Afrique de prendre parti dans sa lutte avec les deux pays », a-t-elle déclaré.

This is an opinion editorial by Captain Sidd, finance writer and contributor to Bitcoin Magazine.

“When deeds speak, words are nothing.” — African proverb

Grokking Bitcoin’s potential impact on the world often starts with diving into the enormity of the problem with fiat currency. The vast moral hazards and twisted incentives inherent in any centrally controlled monetary system or market make for plenty of pains to highlight. It’s no surprise then that Bitcoiners — especially on the internet through forums like Twitter — frequently lambast institutions that seek to control markets and people in the name of fixing the very problems to which they’re often a major contributor.

Keeping us informed about government encroachments on liberty or misinformed policies that create more problems than they seek to solve is important work. I appreciate those messages and what they make me aware of, however, being inundated with these views and attitudes can become depressing and demotivating. It’s my sense that social networks are fantastic at curating the content that triggers an emotional response — which can quickly devolve toward the negative.

However, when I go out and touch grass, I am excited by the people who are responding to this changing world by doing and building strong and beautiful things: families, homesteads, movements that lead to healthier, happier people. While it is easy to see a lot of negativity in the Bitcoin community, there are also bright rays of hope about the future that I rarely see in other communities. I wanted to meet the people bringing a better future to bear, and I figured what better way to meet them than through Bitcoin meetups.

I asked salt dealer Babacar Cisse, if he could narrate the intrinsic story of lake Retba. He did a little belly-laugh and said I don’t know the story yet, how the pink lake is created.

I purchase the crop from the miners and sale to the wholesaler.  Life is tough here. Tough times never last, but tough people do. It’s an African proverb. We are optimist. ‘la crise sera bientôt terminée’. Gabriel translated- The crisis will be over soon.

An ebony woman, named ‘Khadi Sow’ was selling some ethnic artifacts on the shore. She told me if you buy something from me then I will tell you the facts about the lake. Get a souvenir and save my children from starving for the day.

Selon un proverbe africain, on ne prend pas un hippopotame avec un hameçon. Pour la cagnotte du Lucky CP de Winamax, c'est à peu près pareil : un full aux as par les rois ou un carré ne suffira pas, on vous demandera carrément une quinte [lexique=202]flush royale[/lexique]. À ce petit jeu, voilà déjà six semaines qu'aucun hippopotame ne s'est fait prendre. La pêche sera-t-elle meilleure ce mercredi ?

Un anciano músico instruye a su nieto; a través de la música le transmite sabidurías y filosofías ancestrales. El tiempo transcurre en la aldea con el muchacho inmerso en sus tradiciones. Cumpliendo con el proverbio africano “los días que hacen crecer a los niños son los mismos que envejecen a los ancianos”, el abuelo cae enfermo. Como consecuencia de su vejez comienza a perder la visión. El afán por curar a su abuelo hace que el muchacho tome la decisión de dejar la aldea y emigrar a las grandes ciudades en busca del remedio. El joven parte hacia Europa, “Sí beyëng”, un mundo para él desconocido, llevando consigo únicamente el saber de su pueblo encerrado en las melodías y ritmos ancestrales.

Four new fragrances are included in their Owambe collection of candles, the meanings of which might be obscure to those not familiar with Yoruba and/or Nigerian pidgin.

What is the meaning of the phrase ‘Sòrò Sókè’?

In a nutshell, “Sr Sókè” (also transliterated as “Soro soke” without the accents) is a Yoruba proverb that means “speak up.”

One of Nigeria’s main languages is Yoruba (or Yoruba). According to the London School of Oriental and African Studies, southwestern Nigeria alone is home to more than 20 million people who speak it as their first language.

In 2020, the expression began to catch on, and the word “werey,” as in “soro soke werey,” was frequently added.

While there аre mаny different definitions, they frequently include phrаses like “speаk out,” “mаke your opinions known,” “аdvocаte for yourself,” аnd “don’t sit on the fence.”

Whаt аbout “No Wаhаlа,” аnd why hаve some of FORVR Mood’s frаgrаnce nаmes offended some people?

In some wаys, it is simpler to trаnslаte “No Wаhаlа.” Wаhаlа is а word thаt cаn meаn different things depending on the context.

On the website for Nigeriаn pidgin mаintаined by the British Council, “no wаhаlа” cаn meаn either “yes” or “no problem.”

However, “no wаhаlа” does not hаve the sаme culturаl significаnce or weight аs “soro soke” аs а phrаse.

After whаt becаme known аs the “Lekki mаssаcre,” in which members of the Nigeriаn Army opened fire on unаrmed End SARS protesters аt the Lekki toll gаte in Lаgos Stаte, the phrаse “soro soke” becаme widely used. According to Amnesty Internаtionаl, аt leаst 12 protesters were killed.

“He who talks too much talks nonsense”, says an African Proverb. And now the “omniscient” and megalomaniac Amosun has noisily belched. When you talk nonstop, you would not have much time to think. Consequently, you would end up spewing balderdash.

On Friday evening, during an interview with journalists after receiving an award from the Abeokuta Club to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the association, Senator Ibikunle Amosun belched, “Just wait, very soon, you will hear where we are going next. Clearly, you know my stand, and my stand is my stand. I am not supporting this administration that is there now. He must be removed.” He directed his dirty words at the incumbent Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun. Amosun bragged, “Well, I am happy. When you are in a place and they are telling you that you have done the work of four or five governors altogether. I feel elated. I am happy that they appreciated our little efforts,”.

Reacting to his comments, Rev Adeboye during a church service said, “I understand that one funny fellow said that some people were calling on Ogun because Jesus didn’t answer them.

“Well, the one who said that there’s a Yoruba proverb, it said, the mouth that the snail uses to blasphemy God, that mouth would kiss the ground. From now on, anybody who dares blaspheme Jesus Christ, they will taste the fire of the Almighty God.”

Speaking further, the preacher stated, “Safety is of the Lord and nobody dies until their time comes.

“I don’t want to say much, because I know whatever I say, some people may want to twist it. But I’ve searched the Bible from cover to cover and there is nowhere in the Bible where God said a child of God cannot defend himself.

My intervention today is a personal one. It may roll into the problems confronting the nation as regards the escalating poverty level and the demand culture from the people around us. I believe and even know that it is like that with many averagely better off citizens, as the case has become the living proof of the Yoruba proverb that “Olowo kan laarin otosi mefa, otosi ni gbogbo won,” which translates to mean “one rich man in the midst of six destitute individuals is also destitute”.

En cuanto a la figura de la mujer en el mundo laboral, la presidenta de FCC destacó que cada vez más mujeres están presentes en los consejos de administración o son altas directivas de empresas. “Mujeres que se han convertido en referencias para algunas y, en especial, para las nuevas generaciones que vienen empujando muy fuerte” recalcó. En este sentido, recordó un proverbio africano que dice: “Si las mujeres bajaran los brazos, el cielo se caería”.

Por último, y para finalizar su intervención, dedicó el premio a su madre, Esther Koplowitz y a sus hijas, para las que tuvo palabras emocionadas. “Se suele decir que nuestra generación ha avanzado a hombros de gigantes. Yo he tenido la suerte de apoyarme desde que nací en un gigante: mi madre, Esther Koplowitz”, confesó. “Una mujer buena, muy buena, valiente, luchadora, apasionada y pionera en muchos órdenes, que me hizo ver el verdadero significado de la palabra resiliencia. Una mujer que me ha enseñado todo lo que sé y de la que sigo aprendiendo todos los días”, añadió. También expresó su deseo y esperanza de que sus hijas sean mujeres “libres, felices, empoderadas y comprometidas” en su nueva andadura en el mundo profesional. La presidenta de FCC quiso además reconocer el trabajo de todas las mujeres que hacen posible día a día la empresa “por su fuerza y su enorme capacidad para crear equipos”.

Un anciano músico instruye a su nieto; a través de la música le transmite sabidurías y filosofías ancestrales. El tiempo transcurre en la aldea con el muchacho inmerso en sus tradiciones. Cumpliendo con el proverbio africano “los días que hacen crecer a los niños son los mismos que envejecen a los ancianos”, el abuelo cae enfermo. Como consecuencia de su vejez comienza a perder la visión. El afán por curar a su abuelo hace que el muchacho tome la decisión de dejar la aldea y emigrar a las grandes ciudades en busca del remedio. El joven parte hacia Europa, “Sí beyëng”, un mundo para él desconocido, llevando consigo únicamente el saber de su pueblo encerrado en las melodías y ritmos ancestrales.

La lutte pour le droit à l’eau et les droits de l’eau. « Le soleil n’oublie pas un village parce qu’il est petit. » (proverbe africain)

Nos sociétés laissent 2,1 milliards d’êtres humains sans eau potable et 4,2 milliards sans accès régulier et sûr pendant des mois de l’année à l’eau bonne pour la vie. (1)

Un nouvel espace-temps symbolique et concret de luttes pour la justice et la paix à l’ échelle planétaire est né en ce 28 juillet 2022. C’est ce qu’ont fait ressortir les premières manifestations de cette journée « Jour du Droit Universel à l’Eau(J-DUE), en mémoire de la Résolution de l’ONU du 28 juillet 2010 reconnaissant le droit universel à l’eau potable et à l’assainissement. Les manifestations ont eu lieu principalement à Rosario et à Gualeguay chu ( Argentine), à Montréal (Québec-Canada), à Avignon, Paris et en Poitou-Charentes (France), à Vérone, Nardo et Altamura (Italie), à Martinrou (Belgique). (2)

Il s’agit de manifestations promues par l’Agora des Habitants de la Terre en opposition à la stratégie de l’oubli et du non-respect dudit droit poursuivie par les dominants hostiles à la résolution onusienne. Une stratégie qui a réussi en quelques années à imposer la définition du droit à l’eau en tant que « accès à l’eau sur base équitable à prix abordable » (autrement dit, l’opposé au droit universel). (3)

There’s an African proverb that is well known on this side of the Black Atlantic: “Eshu throws a stone today and kills a bird of yesterday.” This saying can be used to understand a new proposal to reconstruct Brazilian democracy launched by Brazil’s Black Coalition for Rights. This cross-party group has brought together over 100 political candidates linked to the nation’s Black Movement running in the national elections which will take place on October 2, 2022. The alliance, called Quilombo in the Parliaments, has, thus far, brought together figures from eight political parties: the PT, PSOL, PCdoB, PSB, PDT, UP, PV and the Sustainability Network.

Wang cited a survey conducted by the South African Ichikowitz Family Foundation in June over 4,507 young Africans, among which 76 percent named China as the foreign power with a positive influence on their lives, while the figure for the US was 72 percent. 

"We suggest that the US heed and respect the will of African countries and people," Wang said. "If the US truly wants to help Africa, then it should take concrete actions, instead of using its Africa strategy as a tool to contain and attack other countries."

Detailing the Biden administration's policies for Africa, Blinken said at a speech delivered at the University of Pretoria on Monday, "It's a strategy that reflects the region's complexity… we can't do any of that if we don't work together as equal partners."

However, South African Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor accused the West of taking a patronizing and bullying attitude toward Africa, VOA News reported on Blinken's first leg of visit to the continent. Pandor made it clear that South Africa has different views from the US on Ukraine, China, and Israel and the Palestinians.

The US' emphasis on "equality" and "partnership" is nothing but a change of its arrogant tone in its policies toward Africa, which shows its eagerness to pull the continent to its side now, He Wenping, a research fellow at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Tuesday. 

African countries can easily see through these intentions, after all, they had experienced what the African proverb called "when the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled" during the Cold War, He said.

Inspired by the African proverb “Each One Teach One” and the Dutch label’s unrelenting vision to connect, the accompany visuals also tease a second colourway.

After kick starting “The Wave” in 2021, Nike and Patta have joined forces once again to present its latest expansion of the same theme – the Nike x Patta “The Next Wave” Air Max 1.

Arriving in a new “Dark Russett” colourway, the latest delivery combines the classic Air Max 1 silhouette with Patta’s now iconic wave pattern, along with signature logo on the tongue and light blue finishes. Inspired by the African proverb “Each One Teach One” and the Dutch label’s unrelenting vision to connect, the accompany visuals also tease a second undisclosed colourway, which mirror the aforementioned details in a tonal white design.

In the spirit of the collection, Patta will host a 2-day mentorship exchange at Nike’s SHAPA Soweto community centre in the south of Johannesburg which will aid the “next wave” of creatives and musicians as well as photographers and fashion designers.

Speaking ahead of the joint partnership and mentorship program, Gee Schmidt, co-founder of Patta, said: “SHAPA serves as a safe space for the next generation of athletes and leaders. By bringing an exchange via the Patta Academy, we are thrilled to collaborate and connect with some of the brightest kids on the African continent through SHAPA.

For us, satisfaction comes from developing product as a means to connect with our community in a deeper way. Our business was built by a collective, both physically and intellectually, and we drive success by celebrating the fabric of our community and collaborating with them at every launch.”

That's all for this week from the BBC Africa Live team, but we'll be keeping an eye on events in Kenya and updating stories on the BBC News website.

And you can also listen to the Africa Today podcast.

Here's a reminder of our wise words of the day:

NAIROBI, KENYA — An old African proverb says that "until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."

A second gathering of the Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life, which took place in Nairobi in July, showed that the lions are not only writing their own history now, but they are shaping their future — and also that of the global Catholic Church.

In 1900, an estimated 2 million Catholics lived on the African continent. Today, that number stands at about 236 million.