The continent of Africa seems to be as old as time itself. It's where the first humans emerged from and began to populate the world tens of thousands of years ago. Thanks to this long history, it's inevitable that some very wise words have been spoken on that continent in the time since. Here is a series of very wise African proverbs:
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