Cameroon Proverbs

Cameroon proverbs weave wisdom from rainforest, savanna, and coast. In a land of 250+ languages and a layered colonial past, they prize community, respect for elders, and sharp speech that guides work, kinship, and peace.

The cricket cries, the year changes. (Cameroon Proverb)
The flood takes him in, and the ebb takes him out. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
When the vine entwines your roof, it is time to cut it down. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
No matter how fast a man is, he cannot outrun his shadow. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
One father can feed seven children, but seven children cannot feed one father. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
She is like a road - pretty, but crooked. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
The day did not know that night had fallen. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
There is no doctor on the day you die. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
A friend is worth more than a brother. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
Better a mistake at the beginning than at the end. (Cameroon Proverb)
If you ask questions, you cannot avoid answers. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
The fire cannot be put out with your hands. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
What you don't know, you will not recognize. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
Better little than too little. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
Knowledge is better than riches. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
Water always finds a way out. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
You come with a cat and call it a rabbit. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
It is the pot that boils but the dish that gets the credit. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
If everyone is going to dance, who, then, would watch? (Cameroon Proverb)
A building of sand falls as you build it. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
Thought is free. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
Beauty is an empty calabash. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
However little you think of the elephant, you can't say it won't fill a pot. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb