- African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
March 6, 2008
October 2003 Theme: Mission Credit: FreePoto Atannayita: y’atenda nnyina obufumbi (=okufumba) The person who has not traveled widely thinks his or her mother is the only […]
March 6, 2008
September 2003 Theme: Reconciliation Credit: Freepoto Poo, ga di nne pedi mo sakeng. (Tswana) Two bulls can’t stay in the same kraal. (English) – Tswana (Botswana) […]
March 6, 2008
August 2003 Theme: Greed Credit: Webshots Ukapanda mano usamaswe phale. (Chewa, Nyanja) If you have no teeth, do not break the clay cooking pot. (English) – […]
March 6, 2008
July 2003 Theme: Perseverance Credit: FreePhoto Turina keessatt killen millaan adeemti. (Oromo) By persevering, the egg walks on legs. (English) – Oromo (Ethiopia) Proverb Explanation SUNDAY […]
March 6, 2008
June 2003 Theme: Faithfulness Credit: FreeFoto Uwaingila mu mushintu, tomfwa nswanswa. (English) One who enters the forest does not listen to the breaking of the twigs […]
March 6, 2008
May 2003 Theme: Evil of Gossip Credit: Freepoto Nyana-so ni nyu do doun, keh do za-nyohn de ke. (Bassa) Smoke does not affect honeybees alone; honey-gatherers […]
March 6, 2008
April 2003 Theme: Suffering/Struggle Credit: Webshots Kure ndokusina, kwachiri unofa wasvika. (Shona) Far is where there is nothing, where something is that you will struggle to […]
March 6, 2008
March 2003 Theme: Women Credit: Webshots If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family (nation). […]
March 6, 2008
February 2003 Theme: Endurance Credit: Webshots Lilî be de gbÇ, de gbÇe wotua xÇ. (Benin , Ghana and Togo) La guêpe dit que plusieurs voyages réguliers […]