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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica May 2

    Today’s African #proverb: One who tries to shake a baobab tree only shakes oneself. A Swahili proverb sent by Abraham Nartey Tetteh, Accra, Ghana. How do you interpret this proverb? https://bbc.in/2IHKaF5 pic.twitter.com/AOk2f9Zsu7

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      2. Zunza Munyaradzi‏ @MunyaZunza May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You do more harm to yourself when you challenge well seated establishments

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      1. Stephen Kalimba‏ @Steph_Kalimba May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You can't break a law you can only break yourself against it.-Joel Osteen Like the law of gravity. Baobab tree = law

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      1. chesoli Dennis‏ @Chessdennis May 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "Kuambizana kuko kusikilizana hapana". Those discussions lead to no agreements.☝️

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      1. Samantha Maj‏ @Paprikababes May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It means stop trying to break me, I'm rooted in power. Be careful whilst u trying too, lest you break yourself first. #drops_mic

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      1. Dirty Paws‏ @12sTumu May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        There are some fundamental pillars in our society we need to honour and altering them is not only unyielding but makes us look foolish.

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      1. Theophilus Olaiya‏ @theoboi7 May 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        In yoruba Nigeria: Eni mi kukute ara re lo mi. Means if you try to fight or bring down something or someone bigger than you, you'll also go down with it.

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      2. Mafunase‏ @MafunaseMwala May 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        When one is stuck in their ways they cannot easily adapt to new things

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      3. Mafunase‏ @MafunaseMwala May 3
        Replying to @MafunaseMwala @BBCAfrica

        So u trying to change their mindset is futile

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      1. BG‏ @topmaseis May 3
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Know your limitations

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      1. cynthiaclaire‏ @cynthiaclaire4 May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Hassie_Bee

        Why cry over a spilled milk

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      1. Jembe Moro‏ @JembeMoro May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Never said the proverb is FROM GHANA. A Ghanaian sent it, is what they mean!

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      2. Architect KML‏ @ArchitectKML May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Though it's true the proverb is a Swahili proverb...I'm not so sure it's from GHANA!

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      3. Melac‏ @albertmelac May 5
        Replying to @ArchitectKML @BBCAfrica

        Be it Swahili or from Ghana. What's is required is how you interpret it. That's what they asked for. I wonder what you had at school. lol

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      4. Architect KML‏ @ArchitectKML May 7
        Replying to @albertmelac @BBCAfrica

        Parochial thinking conditions one to only know 'what' and ignore the essence of 'how'. It's dangerous for a person...and catastrophic to one that considers himself 'schooled'

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      1. Architect KML‏ @ArchitectKML May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This the second time I've seen @BBCAfrica qoute a Swahili proverb from GHANA!!!...kindly confirm.

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      1. MAA NATION‏ @osanare May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Stop cooking your own proverbs, we are Africans

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      1. MAA NATION‏ @osanare May 2
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Shakes his buttocks

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