“Only the grass dies when elephants fight.” This Liberian proverb is a reminder that it’s the powerless who suffer when governments or factions fight. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Liberian Proverb”
From time to time we talk about proverbs on the show and Christy Winkler from the Bronx
In New York sent us a great one that she learned from a friend of hers in Liberia.
It’s an African saying that goes, only the grass dies when elephants fight.
Isn’t that nice?
It means that the kids are hurt when the parents fight, for example, right?
Well, she said my Liberian friend explained that it meant that only the little people die or suffer when governments or factions fight.
Too true, right?
Very true.
Yeah.
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