When In Doubt Leave It Out
Vanishing point
I think Africa trumped this one
Writers understand Africa like no one else. Streams of brilliant authors, artists, poets and song writers, have taken inspiration from Africa for centuries and the love affair continues… despite what the world thinks of us.
An African Christmas tree
“You have to understand – there is a romance to Africa. You can see a sunset and believe you have witnessed the hand of God. You watch the slow lope of a lioness and forget to breathe. You marvel at the tripod of a giraffe bent to water. In Africa, there are iridescent blues on the wings of birds that you do not see anywhere else in nature. In Africa, in the midday heat, you can see blisters in the atmosphere. When you are in Africa, you feel primordial, rocked in the cradle of the world.”
From the book, “Leaving Time” by Jodi Picoult
An African color fest
“Africa is cruel…it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone – and no-one minds”
“The Flame Trees of Thika” by Elspeth Huxley,
Snooty baboon and babies
Baboons do not go far from the place of their birth. ~ Masai Proverb
Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean Proverb
White rhino crash
The Rhinoceros never dances with the monkey. ~Nigerian Proverb
The early worm gets caught by the bird. ~S. African Proverb
Hmmm!
A snake that you can see does not bite. ~ Mozambican Proverb
When the lion cannot find meat, it eats grass. ~Kenyan Proverb
‘It’s that one eyed flash thing again.’
A tree cannot stand without roots. ~ Congolese Proverb
A rooster is not expected to crow for the whole world. ~ African Proverb
The great African STOP sign
The bee is the doctor of flowers. ~ Congolese Proverb
If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ~ Tanzanian Proverb
It’s a bird thing. Adult and junior African pygmy kingfishers. Electric colors from close-up.
And the bonus proverb is:
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
NELSON MANDELA
Meet Our Authors: The Wildmoz team, Cari and Moz, have a lifelong passion for the Bushveld and share adventures and stories about Africa's good things. Wildmoz is Africa - the cradle of life! Travel writing about wildlife, African folklore, wildlife art, Kruger Park and wildlife safari info! Taste life as it is in Africa.