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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 21 Dec 2017

    Today’s African #proverb: On the way to one's beloved there are no hills. A Kikuyu proverb sent by John Heho in Lenexa, Kansas, US What do you think this proverb means? Please use the form at the end of this page to send us your African proverb: http://bbc.in/2ALERBH pic.twitter.com/uNTuNmncSe

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    • Venessa with an E 🇰🇪☥ Cosoro Records George Karuri Afrika.no Kuz 🇬🇭 K. Piedu Adeyemi Ifeoluwa Trudie Mulalu 🇰🇪Mkulima
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      1. Karanja wa Mwaniki‏ @Karanja_Mwaniki 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kwa mwendwa gutiri irima...

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      1. JReneg‏ @jjReneg 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Where there is a will, there is a way #passion

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      1. Romeo Busiku‏ @Romeo_Busiku 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No obstacle, big or small, can stop a determined soul from reaching the desired destination! ✊🙏

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      1. Livas S. Chuen‏ @Bganyashanka 21 Dec 2017
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        Nothing will stop you from getting where you really wanna be...nothing!

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      2. Alasdair Campbell‏ @b2amc 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Do you have any other photos?

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      3. Hope Kasedde‏ @Kosi_HopeK 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @b2amc @BBCAfrica

        Good point. Say it Louder for those at the back

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      4. Alasdair Campbell‏ @b2amc 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Kosi_HopeK @BBCAfrica

        🙂

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      1. Ms. Siya Miti‏ @SiyaMiti 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Love has no obstacle

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      1. KEN SIMON REAL‏ @kensimonkaranja 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It means if you are in love with a girl or aman when going to his place whether there are mountains you still go you don't feel because you are in love

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      1. Nelson Madiba Amo‏ @madibaamo 24 Dec 2017
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        It means one defy all odds in doing what h/she is passionate about

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      1. MOTAJO yomiibrahim‏ @yomiibrahim 22 Dec 2017
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        The horse does not refuse an home run. A Yoruba, Nigerian proverb.

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      1. Karago D. Mbiru‏ @karagombiru 22 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kwa mwendwa gûtirî karîma - means that for one's lover, one is so willing to climb mountains to get to her, that one doesn't even notice them (mountains)

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      1. Catherine Warui‏ @mbura_warui 22 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Love trumps all obstacles. A person in love will literally walk through Platform Nine and Three Quarters with nary a scratch on them. #HarryPotter

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      1. Hope Kasedde‏ @Kosi_HopeK 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Nothing can stop your from going after what or who you truly love.

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      1. Mo Entrega Events‏ @mo_entrega 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Nothing should distract you from achieving your dreams.

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      1. Mimi Ayele‏ @antchineche 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Ain't no mountain high enough and no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough to keep me from getting to you babe

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      2. Osii Nndeji‏ @ChibuchiOsita 22 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It means, because #Biafra is our breath and Biafra freedom from #Nigeria is the best thing that can happen to us, we will remain resolute, and endure the difficulties till Her restoration, it doesn't matter how many of us @MBuhari has killed.

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      3. Osii Nndeji‏ @ChibuchiOsita 22 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ChibuchiOsita @BBCAfrica @MBuhari

        Nothing what so ever can drift our determination to restore #Biafra.

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