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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 14

    Today’s African #proverb: If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or do you change the nail? A Rwandan proverb sent by Ann Salome Njehia, Mwanza, Tanzania. How do you interpret this proverb? https://bbc.in/2t9c1bZ pic.twitter.com/zc5z5wrJxU

    11:00 PM - 14 Oct 2018
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      1. diran‏ @diran_mendy106 Oct 15
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @MistaAyor

        Failure and challenge will come but ability to raise up and overcome the setback with strong tenacity Will give unlimited success

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      1. frank ekombo‏ @frankekombo Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        in Cameroon we say: "impossible is not Cameroonian".

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      1. Blackbeard‏ @mkyewalabye Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        In #Baganda tribe (Uganda) we say "One fall doesn't stop a kid from dancing "

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      1. ninsiijo‏ @ninsiijo Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It literally means we dont give up on first attempt of failing,but we get up much stronger,with a better approach and different strategy.

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      1. Okaffo‏ @Bongomin3 Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It means one prepare for the struggle for their achievements and must be flexible enough for the worldly struggle has no room for those who quit.

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      1. Dr venom‏ @MayukuD Oct 15
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @NIPOSTNIG

        You don’t quit your big projects because of a trivial problem

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      1. Nana Agyemang-Adolf 🇬🇭 🇩🇪‏ @NanAdolf Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Don’t give u no matter what obstacles that come your way

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      1. ose 🎭‏ @official_ose1 Oct 15
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If U re building ur life and ur life breaks, do u stop building or change?

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      1. Namara Martin 😂 😎‏ @NamaraMartin5 Oct 15
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It means stop building and come back another day😀😀

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      1. PerpetualDumbMachine‏ @blakewrites Oct 15
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Expensive manicures are a waste if you work in construction.

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      1. Stuart Sserwanja‏ @Stuartsucre Oct 15
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Boss that’s a question not a proverb

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      1. Kelvin‏ @kelvindphiri Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Don't stop growing crops because you dear monkeys

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      1. Dean‏ @Deanonpar Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Keep on keeping on.

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      1. UMUNYEHIRWE‏ @abba_lazare Oct 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Difficult @prophet_lazaro from Rwanda #1000hills

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