May 20, 2016 BBC News Africa Everyday we pick an African proverb sent in by a reader to start off our day. But some days it isn't entirely clear what the lesson of the words are. Take today's proverb: "Birds agree when flying down but they do not agree when flying up." A Kikuyu proverb sent by Kamau Wachira, Kiambu, Kenya. In this instance, we turn to our readers on Facebook to explain. Diko Alinaitwe from Uganda’s capital, Kampala, says: "Thieves plan together to steel but they can’t help each other to escape.” Joseph Otieno from Nairobi in Kenya has one suggestion: “It means you may strike a deal and when it matures the other partner is allowed to run away with it." Sipho Mudenda from Livingstone in Zambia suggests a slightly less dramatic interpretation: "When people want to be in partnership they sit down and agree with each other, when they want to stop communication breaks down little-by-little." And finally Patrick Nwokolo from Port Harcourt in Nigeria just says: "That's corruption." Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page to send in your proverb. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18930368> -- Ann Marie "The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore." -- Mardy Grothe ################################################################################################# Join the African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year. Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 Phone: 608-258-0261 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.AfricanAssociationofMadison.org ################################################################################################# *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html ***