Love in Africa – A Collection of African Love Quotes

Many women, myself included, like to claim that the male segment of our population knows nothing about love and romance. African men in particular receive a lot of criticism for being unromantic and incapable of expressing their emotions. From personal experience I would say this is not true, some of the most romantic men I have dated are African. However, what is romance really? I like to define it as the expression of love. In this article, I define romance using some of my favorite African love quotes. These African quotes give us an insight into African culture and views on life. They are part of African history and show us that love and the expression of love are universal. So, in defense of my romantic African brothers, here are some African love sayings, enjoy and to all men, feel free to use them this Valentine’s Day to show your loved one how much you care.

Romantic African Quotes

The best part of happiness lies in the secret heart of a lover. – (African proverb). This is one of the most romantic love phrases I have read, it is almost poetic. Here are some more romantic African love quotes showing us flowers of love everywhere.

1. Where there is love there is no darkness. -Burundi

2. A woman is a flower in a garden; her husband is the fence around her. -Ghana

3. A letter from the heart can be read on the face. – Swahili

4. Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly. – Democratic Republic of Congo

5. May your love be like misty rain, which comes gently, but floods the river. -Liberia and Madagascar

6. Love is like rice: transplanted, it still grows. -Madagascar

7. If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars? -Tunisia

8. Many little things make a man love a woman big time. -Ghana

9. A thread for the needle, a love for the heart. -Sudan

10. The house of a person we love is never far away. -Kenya

11. He who loves the vase also loves what is inside. – African Proverb

12. He who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful. -Uganda

13. The one who loves, loves you with your dirt. -Ugandan proverb

14. Love is never lost, it is only preserved. – African Proverb

15. Happiness requires something to do, something to love and something to hope for. – Swahili saying

Funny phrases of African love

Coffee and love taste better when they’re hot! – (African proverb). Who said that African men are not passionate? I love my coffee steaming hot and as this funny love quote from Ethiopia shows, love is best served hot too. Ethiopia is famous for its coffee, so the next time you drink a steaming cup of coffee, think about heating up your love life too. Here are some more funny love quotes for your enjoyment. Drink slowly.

1. Do not desire a woman with beautiful breasts, if you have no money. -South Africa

2. If you are ugly you should learn to dance or make love. -Zimbabwe

3. Loving the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better. -Wolof proverb

4. If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money is gone and the monkey stays as it is. – Egypt

5. Never marry a woman whose feet are bigger than you. -Mozambique

6. He who does not like talkative women should remain single. – Democratic Republic of Congo

7. Pretend you’re dead and you’ll see who really loves you. -African proverb

8. The buttocks are like a married couple although there is constant friction between them; they will still love and live together. – African Proverb

9. It is Mr. Old-Monkey who marries Mrs. Old-Monkey. -Ghana

10. If cold Friday nights and boring Saturdays didn’t exist, no one would get married anymore. – Morocco

11. If money were found in trees, most people would be married to monkeys. – African proverb

12. If a young woman says no to marriage, wait until her breasts sag. -Burundi

African Marriage Quotes

Marriage is like a peanut; you have to break it to see what’s inside. – (African quote). Ah marriage that bed of roses that is so talked about. How can you talk about love without talking about marriage? It is logical that we close this article with quotes about bonds (sorry I meant cheers) of marriage

1. The one who marries only for love will have bad days but good nights. – Egypt

2. A home without a wife is like a stable without cattle. – African proverb

3. A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happy man loves the girl he marries. – african quote

4. Marriage is like a peanut; you have to break it to see what’s inside. -Ghana

5. If you have no relatives, get married. – Egypt

6. A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. – African Proverb

7. A young wife tends to cook too much at first. – Ethiopia

8. Bread without sauce and a home without a wife are meaningless. – Ethiopia

9. A bird can be protected, a wife cannot. – Swahili

10. The one who plants grapes by the road and the one who marries a pretty woman share the same problem. – Ethiopia

11. A good wife is easy to find, but good in-laws are rare. -Madagascar

12. It is better to be married to an old woman than to remain single. -Uganda

13. The man may be the head of the home but the wife is the heart. -Kenya

14. Marriage is not a tight knot, but a slipknot. -Madagascar

15. The woman who does not covet her husband’s goods is in love with another man. ~Egypt