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What is ‘blacker’?

Proverb in the local language
A larata Nyiwa ko woni dou Hore ma, a don lara Tengu ko woni dou Hore Goddo.
Proverb's direct translation
The pot calling the kettle black.
Proverb's meaning
Ignore one's faults and point out those of others.
Equivalent proverb
Those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
From: Fulani
General comments
The Fulani are also known as Fulbe or Peul. They are scattered mainly across Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger in West Africa.

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