- African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
November 11, 2008
January 2011Care of the Earth Rigita thi wega; ndwaheiruio ni aciari; ni ngombo uhetwo ni ciana ciaku. (Kikuyu)Itunze arthi vyema; hukupewa na wazazi; bali umekopeshwa na […]
November 11, 2008
January 2012Education Educate a woman, educate a nation Fanti (Ghana) Proverb Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 […]
September 25, 2008
December 2009Appreciate God’s Power Kuteka Lesa ke kumweka bwishi ne. (Kaonde) When God cooks, you don’t see smoke. (English) Kaonde (Zambia) Proverb Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday […]
September 25, 2008
December 2010Preventative Medicine Amihwa gaholela nwele. (Longo) Miba imepoa kwenye wayo. (Swahili) The thorn in your foot is temporarily appeased, but it is still in. (English) […]
September 25, 2008
December 2011God’s Care of Creation Kîrîma kî mîtî nî guoko kwa Ngai (kîara kîa Ngai). (Gikuyu) Kilima kilio na miti ni mkono au kidole cha Mungu. […]
September 25, 2008
December 2012Giving Birth Mon nyol ku mon wadi. (Alur) Wanawake wanazaa na wanawake wengine. (Swahili) Les femmes accouchent avec d’autres femmes. (French) Women give […]
September 25, 2008
November 2009Suffer for Justice Kulalya ukiwa kommba mndu vo / Ulandelye ukiwa ulandewe mndu pfo / Utametelya ukiva weva mndu kwi. (Three Chagga dialects) Usipopata taabu […]
September 25, 2008
Nov. 2010: “It [a bug] grows up in dry wood, and yet it comes to maturity.” – Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb
November 2009Simple Lifestyle Iireragira ruku-ini ni ikaya kuigana. (Gikuyu) It [a bug] grows up in dry wood, and yet it comes to maturity. (English) Gikuyu (Kenya) […]
September 25, 2008
November 2011Overcoming Pollution Uwaingila mu mushintu, tomfwa swanswa. (Bemba) One who enters the forest does not listen to the breaking of the twigs in the brush. […]