Kikuyu Proverbs

Kikuyu Proverbs distill highland wisdom from the slopes of Mount Kenya. Shaped by farming, clan bonds, and the Mau Mau struggle, they prize hard work, prudence, and respect for elders through vivid images of land, rain, and cattle.

A piece of land is not a little thing. (Kikuyu Proverb)
A plant loses its blossom as soon as it bears fruit. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A really good thing is ever good. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A river drowns the one who can swim. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A small red snuff-box is a welcome. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A son as cunning as his father knows the arrows like father. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A trick is not an arrow. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A wily person does not walk on dry leaves. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Beggars have no worries. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Birds agree when flying down, but do not agree when flying up. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Bought things do not fill the granary. (Kikuyu Proverb)
By staying always in the same place one gets lice. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Candidates for circumcision. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Change seeds taking them from different calabashes. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Clear out of the ‘thakirio'. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Young sugar-cane gives no beer. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A cunning man likes the company of a fool. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A danger escaped is no guarantee for the future. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A good action reaps another. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A good millstone does not meet a good miller. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A joke can break the earring. (Kikuyu Proverb)
A joke must not hit the belly. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A lame of heart is not a lame of leg; he cannot be recognized. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A little, contemptible path is sometimes the one that leads you to the highway. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A long lawsuit breeds poverty. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
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