Tembo – African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories

June 1, 2016

June 2016 The person who sees the in-laws to be bad is not the engaged woman. Tembo (DRC) Proverb

Baaya munga si bataaya muati. (Tembo)
Mara nyingi huona mkwe vibaya si binti. (Swahili)
Souvent celui qui voit le beau-fils mal n’est pas la fille. (French)
The person who sees the in-laws to be bad is not the engaged woman. (English)

Tembo (DRC) Proverb

October 7, 2014

October, 2014 A wife is the wealth. Tembo (Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC) Proverb

E mukazi Buli Buaare. Tembo)
Mwanamke ni utajiri. (Swahili)
Femme est une richesse. (French)
A wife is the wealth. (English)

Tembo (Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC) Proverb

March 6, 2008

May 2006: “A debt is not a loss once one knows the debtor.” – Tembo (Democratic Republic of Congo) Proverb

Keshi walyire kataera. (Tembo) Une dette n’est pas une perte lorsque le débiteur est connu. (French) A debt is not a loss once one knows the […]

March 6, 2008

Apr. 2005: “The one who eats has tasted the hardship of labor.” – Tembo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Proverb

O wera walya elyi atama. (Tembo) Ne mange que celui qui a gouté à la fatigue du travail. (French) Anayekula ameonja ugumu wa kazi. (Swahili) The […]