August 1, 2024

August 2024 African Proverb of the Month
A lover’s place has no hills
Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

  Kwa mwendwa gutiri irima.  (Gikuyu, Kenya) Pa mpenzi hakuna milima. (Swahili) Le lieu des amoureux n’a pas de collines. (French) A lover’s place has no […]
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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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September 3, 2012

September, 2012 “A log in the river will never be a crocodile.” Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

Mũgogo wĩ rũũĩ ndũrĩ hĩndĩ ũgatwĩka kĩng’ang’i. (Gikuyu)
Gogo mtoni halitageuka kuwa mamba. (Swahili)
Un rondin dans l’eau ne deviendra jamais un crocodile.(French)

Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb
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August 31, 2010

Sept. 2010: “You must treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It is loaned to you by your children.” – Gikuyu (Kenya) Saying

African Saying for the MonthSeptember, 2010 Rigita thi wega; ndwaheiruio ni aciari; ni ngombo uhetwo ni ciana ciaku. (Kikuyu) Itunze arthi vyema; hukupewa na wazazi; bali […]
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March 1, 2008

Nov. 2001 Proverb: ” When elephants fight the grass (reeds) gets hurt.” – Swahili ( Eastern and Central Africa ), Also Gikuyu ( Kenya), Kuria ( Kenya/Tanzania), Ngoreme (Tanzania)

African Proverb of the Month November, 2001 Wapiganapo tembo nyasi huumia. (Swahili) When elephants fight the grass (reeds) gets hurt. (English) Swahili ( Eastern and Central […]
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