African Quotes on Family.

A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place. ~ African Proverb

• Familiarity breeds contempt! When gathered on occasions it is beautiful, everyone needs their special space under the roof! Ever tried to imagine a home made of only pillars? Clustered to my view and with no taste! All trees are beautiful some together and some standing on its own!

A united family eats from the same plate. ~ Baganda proverb

• Let's sit at one table but I want my own plate please! I am not in a boarding house! Respecting each other's views, supporting each other's dreams makes a united family! Ever tried to make a guitar sound like a piano? Ever heard of good music made of just guitars and on one note?

A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break. ~ African proverb

• Roots intertwine, Branches bend but the trunk should stay straight! The elders are the roots the memories, the branches are the kids wavy to the wind of change, the trunk is the culture that connects all!

Brothers love each other when they are equally rich. ~ African proverb

• Nope! Sibling rivalry is real and seldom do rich brothers get along! All fingers are not equal, everyone has their purpose. Kids fight for attention, some less than the other and some in different areas. If I played soccer just like my brother I would definitely compete but my joy would be not to beat him but having someone who I could say is succeeding just as I! Envy between siblings is distasteful, it doesn't show dignity!
• The opportunity to succeed depends on circumstances and will and rather than blame the sibling I would blame the parent or and an envious party! Success isn't in how much but how well, each dwell within their own self realisation! I sure would love to kick his behind but not because he is richer than I! He still wants to be taller than me! :)!

Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb

• No! Yesterday a stranger, tomorrow a family member! My family is an investment not a savings account!

There is no fool who is disowned by his family. ~ African proverb

• No door is shut to a fool but the wise asses! Why should I guarantee anyone a permanent spot? :)

Home affairs are not talked about on the public square. ~ African proverb

• Growth plans are family secrets! Sometimes fighting family publicly reveals to one who are friends and who are the enemies! Hide pain and a mountain of rubble grows under the carpet! Sooner or later strangers will stumble upon it and use it or worse the society pays the price of unhealed wounds! Yes maybe it is a shame when siblings fight but when the family falls apart because they were trying to save face for the public, that is a disgrace!

If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? ~ African proverb

• Relatives are alliances, one day a friend tomorrow a foe! I love mine but I know where they belong!

He who earns calamity, eats it with his family. ~ African proverb

• Patronising isn't a favourable way to keep peace!

The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth. ~ Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast) proverb

• Today's kids are tomorrow's elders!

When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate. ~ Ibo proverb

• Pretty straight forward! Brothers who fight to the death are not family! Water sometimes is thicker than blood! Bond is blood!