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

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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 – […]
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February 3, 2016

February 2016 Members of the same family are open to each other and can discuss anything. Samburu (Kenya) Proverb

  Kekur lala olgejep. (Samburu)
Watu wa jamii moja hawafichani mambo na hujadiliana juu ya lolote. (Swahili)
Les membres de meme famille sont ouvert, l’un a l’autre et peuvent discuter n’importe quoi. (French)
Members of the same family are open to each other and can discuss anything. (English)

Samburu (Kenya) Proverb

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December 1, 2015

December 2015 Major problems have solution with the old men. Eton (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tome) Proverb


 Botbeupeukbo be teunyen ban a boromevo’o (Eton)
Mambo makubwa inabadilishwa na wazee (Swahili)
Major problems have solution with the old men (English)
Les grands problèmes trouvent solution avec les vieux (French)

Eton (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tome) Proverb

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