Kusaal Proverbs

These 234 proverbs are listed alphabetically in kusaal.

Kusaase often express their conception of life through tales and proverbs. It is thanks to this wisdom that the ancestors managed to educate their children.

With proverbs we enter deeply into the soul of the people, we seize on the spot his impressions, his ideas, his feelings, his rules of life. In proverbs crystallizes, so to speak, the wisdom of a people. These are lessons of experience of the centuries, applied to the various circumstances of practical life, lessons of common sense, words of old men. They invite the audience to beware of appearances and to scrutinize the hidden side of things.

In this application, the proverb itself is written in kusaal in bold type. Then we give a word-by-word translation followed by a free translation or a paraphrase, and finally we propose possible interpretations (the meanings of the proverb) without pretending to be exhaustive. Then we offer a short English translation.

We thank all the kusaase who helped us to collect and explain these kusaal proverbs.