From a friend in Africa

In a restaurant in Zambia: “Open seven days a week and weekends”

On the grounds of a private school in South Africa: “No trespassing without permission”

On a window of a Nigerian shop: “Why go elsewhere and be cheated when you can come here?”

On a poster in Ghana: “Are you an adult who cannot read? If so, we can help.”

In a Zimbabwean restaurant: “Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.”

A sign seen on a hand dryer in a Lesotho public toilet: “Risk of electric shock – Do not activate with wet hands.”

On one of the buildings of a Sierra Leone hospital: “Mental Health Prevention Centre”

In a maternity ward of a clinic in Tanzania: “No children allowed”

In a cemetery in Uganda: “Visitors are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves”

A sign posted in an Algerian tourist camping park: “It is strictly forbidden on our camping site that people of different sex, for instance a man and woman, live together in one tent unless they are married to each other for that purpose.”

In a Namibian nightclub: “Ladies are not allowed to have children in the bar”