The African Proverbs have had a great influence on lifestyles of many people, mainly successful African Americans through means of religion and culture. The word proverb comes from the Latin proverbium (pro meaning “in front of, on behalf of” and verbium meaning “word”), suggesting that a proverb takes the place of ordinary words. Proverbs are important in all traditional societies.

“ Proverbs are distilled genius of oral cultures, perhaps even an encapsulation of the whole. They identify and dignify a culture, bringing life into wisdom and wisdom into life. Unfortunately their potential value for modern thought and life is little recognized.” (Kentfield 42)

Even in Africa itself, proverbs are a vanishing heritage associated mostly with the rural world. They seem never to have found a home in the modern world, especially in the imported system of education. Schools have not brought out the great importance of proverbs in the lessons being taught in school. “The central intellectual problem of Africa today is how to integrate those two worlds rather than leave the next generation spread-eagled between them.” (Le

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