"It is the thread that binds the cloth, n..." - Ghanaian Proverb

“It is the thread that binds the cloth, not the cloth that binds the thread.”

- Ghanaianunity

Meaning

Small connections and relationships hold communities together, not grand structures.

Kente cloth weaving in Ghana requires thousands of individual threads working together. Each thread is humble but essential to the whole.

Origin

Ghanaian

Language

Twi

“When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.”

Ethiopian

“A single bracelet does not jingle.”

Congolese

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