June 1, 2016

June 2016 The person who sees the in-laws to be bad is not the engaged woman. Tembo (DRC) Proverb

Baaya munga si bataaya muati. (Tembo)
Mara nyingi huona mkwe vibaya si binti. (Swahili)
Souvent celui qui voit le beau-fils mal n’est pas la fille. (French)
The person who sees the in-laws to be bad is not the engaged woman. (English)

Tembo (DRC) Proverb

March 4, 2016

March 2016 A drummer and a singer are the beneficiary not the listener. Holoholo (DRCongo, Tanzania) Proverb


Musili nokage mungobi nokage muloli wa moso. (Holoholo)
Mpiga ngoma na mwimbaji ndo wanafaida ila musikilizaji hana faida. (Swahili)
Le tambourin et le chanteur sont les plus importants et non ceux qui suivent la musique. (French)
A drummer and a singer are the beneficiary not the listener. (English)

Holoholo (DRCongo, Tanzania) Proverb

February 17, 2016

Minutes of the Meeting of the African Proverbs Working Group on Saturday, 30 January, 2016 at Kenyatta University, Fine Art Department – Nairobi, Kenya

Present Joseph Healey – The Moderator of www.Afriprov.org website, jghealey@aol.com +254 723 362 993 – Moderating the meeting. Cephas Agbemenu– cyagbemenu@yahoo.com +254 723 307 992 – […]