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“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
Widely shared across West and Central Africa
What it means
A proverb about the value of collective effort. Individual action might move quickly in the short term, but lasting, large-scale progress depends on cooperation — a value reflected in the communal structures of many African societies.
This proverb is rooted in Mali, part of West Africa.
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