November 7, 2014

November -December, 2014 Any goat can serve as bridewealth unless it has a defect Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

  Gutiri mburi itangiracio tiga inawathe. (Gikuyu)
Mbuzi yeyote hukubalika kama mahari, lakini asiwe na dosari. (Swahili)
Toute chèvre peut servir de dot, à moins qu’elle ne présente un défaut. (French)
Any goat can serve as bridewealth unless it has a defect. (English)

Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

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October 1, 2013

October 2013 – God cultivates with a blunt machete (large cleaver-like knife). Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

  

 

Ngai arimaga na hiiu nduuhu. (Gikuyu)

Mungu hulima na panga ambayo haina makali. (Swahili)  

Dieu cultive avec une machette moussee (French).

God cultivates with a blunt machete (large cleaver-like knife).  (English)

Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

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December 1, 2010

Dec. 2010: “A hill with trees is the hand or finger of God. ” – Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb.

African Proverb of The Month December, 2010 Kîrîma kî mîtî nî guoko kwa Ngai (kîara kîa Ngai).  (Gikuyu)                                                                                        Kilima kilicho na miti ni mkono au kidole cha […]
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September 1, 2009

Sep 2009: “The one who milks the cow is not the same person as the one who removes (plucks out) ticks from a cow.” – Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

African Proverb for the MonthSeptember 2009 Mukami tiwe muruti nguha. (Gikuyu)Aanayekama no tofauti sana na anayetoa (ng’ombe) kupe/mbung’o. (Swahili)The one who milks the cow is not […]
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