- African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
March 6, 2008
Akantu karokubhabaza ukabhinze karagaruka. (Shubi) Kitu kinachodhamiria kukudhuru, kitakudhuru hata kama utakikwepa. (Literal Swahili Translation) Ajali haina kinga. (Figurative Swahili Translation) It is difficult to escape […]
March 6, 2008
Akakhura keetsa inyungu ebuleka. (Luyia) Pombe ya kienyeji inayochachushwa vibaya huharibika. (Swahili) Beer that will spoil ferments unequally. (English ) Luyia (Kenya) Proverb Background, Explanation, Meaning […]
March 6, 2008
Ungichogotha nyoka, no nginya wiharirie kurumwo niyo. (Gikuyu) Ukichokoza nyoka, hauna budi kujitayarisha kuumwa nayo (Swahili) If you provoke a rattlesnake, you must be prepared to […]
March 6, 2008
Faa yalo dzwaa gbe.. (Ga) The one who fetches the water is the one who is likely to break the pot. (English ) Ga (Ghana) Proverb […]
March 6, 2008
Njaa ngla leweni wכ ndoma lכ woma. (Mende) The dog was beaten by the rain because of love. (Literal English Translation) Love is blind. (Figurative English […]
March 6, 2008
Obusisi bubili tibulemwa nsenene emoi. (Haya) Sisimizi wawili hawashindwi kuvuta panzi mmoja. (Swahili) Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper. (English) Haya (Tanzania) Proverb […]
March 6, 2008
Abayita ababiri bajjukanya (=bejjukanya). (Ganda) Waendao pamoja hugutushana. (Literal Swahili Translation) Umoja ni nguvu. (Figurative Swahili Translation) Those who walk together warn each other. (Literal English […]
March 6, 2008
Koklo metsoa pu adika soa avu o (Ewe-Mina) Le chien n’est pas inquiet quand la poule s’empare de l’os (French) The dog does not worry when […]
March 6, 2008
Umtajiri ntagira umsozi. (Shubi) Mtajiri hana mlima. (Swahili) A rich person does not have a mountain. (Literal English Translation) A rich person does not have to […]