La force du scorpion est dans sa queue (Proverbe Peul – Niger, Mali, Cameroun, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Sénégal, Guinée, Mauritanie, Guinée Bissau, Gambie, Tchad, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Centrafrique).
The strength of the scorpion is in its tail (Fula proverb – Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Chad, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic (CAR)).
La vache bouscule son veau, mais ne le hait pas (Proverbe Peul – Afrique de l’Ouest et Afrique Centrale). – Les parents punissent les enfants, mais ne les haïssent pas.
The cow jostles her calf, but does not hate it (Fula proverb – West Africa and Central Africa). – Parents punish children, but do not hate them.
Tout ce qui arrive dans le haut pays, sera connu dans la vallée (Proverbe Peul – Niger, Nigeria, Sénégal, Guinée, Cameroun, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritanie, Bénin, Guinée-Bissau, Gambie, Tchad, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire).
Everything that happens in the high country, will be known in the valley (Fulani Proverb – Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Chad, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast).
Quand une mère a des jumeaux, elle doit dormir sur son dos (Proverbe Peul). – Un chef doit être impartial; il doit s’occuper de tout son monde.
When a mother has twins, she should sleep on her back (Fula proverb). – A chief needs to be impartial; he should take care of all his people.
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