AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar December 2002 Credit: Mozambique, ebony madonna, Maryknollafrica website Heri pazia kuliko bendera. (Swahili) Better a curtain hanging motionless than a flag blowing in […]

AFrican Proverbs Calendar November 2002 Credit: Tanzania, village women at work, painting by Charles Ndege Obodo n’ezu ezu azu nwa. (Igbo) It takes a whole village […]

AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar October 2002 Credit: Tanzania, feast of Pentecost, painting by Charles Ndege Kachenche kubantu kwabo dikonbo. (Songe) “Kachenche” (très petit oiseau) est négligeable à […]

AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar September 2002 Credit: Sudan, bombing in Nuba mountains, Maryknollafrica website Mbaara ti ûcûrû. (Gikuyu) Vita si uji. (Swahili) War is not porridge. (English) […]

AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar August 2002 Credit: East Africa, giraffe carvings Okro tik nor de grow pas en master. (Krio) An okra tree does not grow taller […]

AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar July 2002 Credit:Sudan, thatched huts stand on spindly legs in a village near Narus, Maryknollafrica website Nsungwi ya mtuwa sisiliridwa. (Chewa and Nyanja) […]

AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar June 2002 Credit:Tanzania, Jesus teaches from the boat, painting by Charles Ndege Jirikurun men o men ji la, a te ke bama ye. […]

AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar May 2002 Credit:Ghana, cover of book by Rev. Peter E. Adotey Addo Kotoku tew a, na mmati adwo. (Twi) When the bag tears, […]

AFrican  Proverbs  Calendar April 2002 Credit:Tanzania, the empty tomb, painting by Charles Ndege Umwáansi aguciira icoobo, Imáana ikaguciira icaanzo. (Rundi) Quand l’ennemi creuse une tombe pour […]