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African Proverbs Working Group (APWG) Executive Committee Special Zoom Meeting Held at 11 am on Saturday, 27 February, 2021

February-March, 2021 The pursuit of grasshoppers is done in the morning. Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb

January 2021 Your elder sibling’s pocket or bag does not contain your savings/contents. Ganda (Uganda) Saying

Minutes of the African Proverbs Working Group (APWG) Executive Committee Hybrid Meeting (Physical and Zoom) held on Saturday, 14 November 2020, at the School of the Precious Blood Sisters, Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya

December, 2020 It is lame, but now it is a big ox and able to graze with its lameness. Kalanga (Botswana and Zimbabwe ) Proverb

February-March, 2021 The pursuit of grasshoppers is done in the morning. Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb

Isunga ng’humbi lili dilu. (Sukuma)
Utafutaji wa panzi ni asubuhi. (Swahili)
La poursuite des sauterelles se fait le matin. (French)
The pursuit of grasshoppers is done in the morning. (English) ...
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