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Mar 6, 2007 Proverbs of the Nkundo-Mongo Tribes in Belgian Congo (Zaire) Wilma S. Jaggard Hobgood Department of Africa, Division of Overseas Ministries Christian Church (Disciples of […]
These are Weekly African Proverbs from MISNA and Other Sources. MISNA stands for Missionary Service News Agency and is a press agency specialized in news, detailed accounts and reportage on political, economic, social, religious and cultural aspects of the World’s South. This website is based in Rome, Italy.
March 6, 2008
Dec., 2006 Dec. 12, 2006 Kisubi Proverbs-Northwest Tanzania along the borders of Tanzania-Rwanda. by Nd Joseph Luba Nkumbulwa and Rev. Max Tertraos, Miss. of […]
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Dec., 2005 Dec 25, 2005 Proverbs of the Nkundo-Mongo Tribes in Belgian Congo (Zaire)Wilma S. Jaggard HobgoodDepartment of Africa, Division of Overseas MinistriesChristian Church (Disciples […]
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December, 2004 Dec 26 & 19, 2004 Proverbs in the Ewe Language (West Africa) Amedzro (dzrovi) metsoa ame kuku fe tagbÇ o.(a) Literal Translation: ‘A […]
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Dec, 2003 Dec 29, 2003 This week’s proverbs are selected from Annetta Miller, Sharing Boundaries: Learning the Wisdom of Africa (Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2003). […]
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December, 2002 31 Dec. 2002 “Muthii ndaumbikaga ndigu.” Kimbeere — Embu Dialect (Kenya) “Whoever walks out cannot leave a banana on the fire.” 30 Dec. […]
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December, 2001 27 Dec. 2001 “A home without a mother is a desert.”– (Eritrean proverb) 21 Dec. 2001 “A camel does not joke about […]
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December, 2000 22 December 2000 A Quarter of an hour is worth more than a thousand gold coins. – Chinese proverb. 21 December 2000 Alone a […]
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December, 1999 23 Dec 1999 ‘The strength of the elderly is in the ears and on the lips’. (Mossi proverb, Togo, Burkina Fasso and Mali) […]