"Slowly, slowly catches the monkey." - Ghanaian Proverb

“Slowly, slowly catches the monkey.”

- Ghanaianpatience

Meaning

Patient, gradual approaches succeed where rushed efforts fail.

Akan hunters know that monkeys are alert and fast. Only slow, deliberate stalking succeeds in the forest canopy.

Origin

Ghanaian

Language

Twi

“Patience can cook a stone.”

Nigerian

“Little by little the bird builds its nest.”

South African

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