September 8, 2019

Minutes of the African Proverbs Working Group (APWG) Executive Committee Meeting Saturday, 24 August, 2019 Maryknoll Society House, Westlands Nairobi, Kenya 10.30 a.m.

Minutes of the African Proverbs Working Group (APWG) Executive Committee Meeting Saturday, 24 August, 2019 Maryknoll Society House, Westlands Nairobi, Kenya 10.30 a.m. Present Fr. Joseph […]
September 8, 2019

Minutes of the African Proverbs Working Group (APWG) Executive Committee Meeting Friday, 20 April, 2018 Maryknoll Society House, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya 10 am

PRESENT Committee Members Fr. Joseph Healey Cephas Agbemenu Margaret Wambere Elias Bushiri Sr. Ann Grace Njau Francis Njuguna Guests 1. Stan Nussbaum 2. Gerald Wanjohi 3.Wakuraya […]
September 3, 2019

September 2019, It is the master (king) who minds about his or her slave. Haya (Tanzania) Proverb

  Omuzana ashasibwa ayamugengeire. (Haya)
Mtumwa huhurumiwa na tajiri wake. (Swahili)
C'est le roi qui pense à son esclave. (French)
It is the master (king) who minds about his or her slave. (English)

Haya (Tanzania) Proverb

August 8, 2019

December 2019, If a girl sits badly, it is up to her mother to cover her thighs. Orma (Kenya) Proverb

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August 8, 2019

November 2019, The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth. Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast ) Proverb

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August 8, 2019

October 2019, The hen with baby chicks doesn’t swallow the worm. Sukuma ( Tanzania) Proverb

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August 8, 2019

September 2019, A stupid cow leads her calf near the road. Hema (Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC) Proverb

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August 8, 2019

August 2019, You must treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents, It is loaned to you by your children. Kikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

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August 8, 2019

July 2019, A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s thigh bones. Ewe (Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Togo) Proverb

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