October 31, 2017

November 2017 All trees are not straight in the forest. Kwele (DRC, Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo) Proverb

  A ho te mbouoo. (Kwele)
Miti yote msituni haifanani. (Swahili)
Tous les arbres dans la forêt
ne sont pas semblable. (French)
All trees are not straight in the forest
. (English)

Kwele (DRC, Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo) Proverb

October 1, 2017

October, 2017 Who loses the first born throws away his or her gods. Bwisha (Democratic Republic of Congo — DRC) Proverb

Ubuza imfura ata ibiheko. (Bwisha)
Mwenyi anapoteza mtoto wa kwanza hutupa miungu. (Swahili)
Qui perd son fils aîné jette ses dieux. (French)
Who loses the first born throws away his or her gods. (English)

Bwisha (Democratic Republic of Congo -- DRC) Proverb

August 1, 2017

August 2017 You milk someone else’s cow while watching the gate. Tachoni (Kenya) Proverb

  Okhama ing’ombe nolengela iketi. (Tachoni)
Ukikamua ng’ombe ya wenyewe huwe ukiangalia langoni. (Swahili)
Tu extrais la vache de quelqu'untout en regardant à la porte. (French)
You milk someone else’s cow while watching the gate. (English)

Tachoni (Kenya) Proverb

May 3, 2017

Sukuma Legacy Project

This Sukuma Legacy Project promotes the history, culture, Oral Literature —  Stories, Proverbs, Sayings, Riddles and Songs — and visual representations of the Sukuma People in […]