Today's African Proverb - courtesy BBC News Africa

"Because the fire has a pot as a shield, it wants to quarrel with the
water."

What does today's proverb mean?

Every day readers suggest an African proverb which we put at the start of
the live page.  But some days it is not immediately clear what the proverb
means.

And that's when we turn to you on Facebook to explain it to us.
<https://www.facebook.com/bbcafrica/posts/10154222273875229>Today is one of
those days.

Here's the proverb:

Because the fire has a pot as a shield, it wants to quarrel with the water."

Kunda Kwesha from Serenje in Northern, Zambia says it warns about taking
advantage of the vulnerable.

But Ajee Holyman in Oyo, Nigeria has an entirely different interpretation -
saying it means "know your place".

So that's cleared that up!





-- 
Ann Marie

"The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to
ignore."  -- Mardy Grothe

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