“African Proverbs on Peace and War.” Collected and compiled by Annetta Miller. Mennonite Central Committee, Nairobi, Kenya: Privately Duplicated, 1998. 41 pp. A collection of 1,031 […]
“Contemporary Sayings and Changing Patterns of Social Relations in Nairobi” by Joseph Kariuki in L’AFRIQUE ORIENTALE Annuaire 2004, Charton H.& Medard C.(eds), L’HARMATTAN, Paris, 2005. This […]
Ca ygwa opi ro ongona tiza ondro kandra kozi ka’do te owo’. (Moru).Mwana wa chifu anatakiwa kuokota kuni wakati mustakabali wake utakapomwangamiza. (Swahili)The chief’s son has […]
Zakoma-zakoma, pusi adagwa (anagwa) chagada (cagada). (Nyanja, Chewa) Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu. (Figurative Swahili) Greed led the monkey to fall on its back. (Literal […]
Jojutupii ngakumanya mwini nzala. (Matengo)Aliyekwisha kushiba hamjui mwenye njaa. (Swahili)The person who has eaten and satisfied himself or herself does not care for the one who […]
Mila mata, pewiyomboka mtandu wa libihi. (Ngoni)Umeze mate unapovuka juu ya daraja la gogo moja. (Literal Swahili)Penye kikwazo piga moyo konde. (Figurative Swahili)Swallow saliva before you […]