- African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
March 6, 2008
January 2003 Theme: Wisdom Credit: Webshots; A lone Baobab tree on the road in Tanzania Nunya, adidoe, asi metunee o. ( Akan and Ewe) La science […]
March 6, 2008
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 […]
March 6, 2008
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 […]
March 6, 2008
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 […]
March 6, 2008
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) […]
March 6, 2008
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 […]
March 6, 2008
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) […]
March 6, 2008
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. […]
March 6, 2008
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, […]