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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 Meeting 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

November, 2020 To lose the way is to find the way. Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb

Minutes of the African Proverbs Working Group (APWG) Executive Committee Zoom Meeting on Saturday, 22 August, 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya

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

Ensawo ya mukuluwo tekuterekera. (Ganda)
Mfuko wa mkubwao haukubebei chako. (Swahili)
La poche de ton ainé ne contient rien pour toi. (French)
Your elder sibling’s pocket or bag does not contain your savings/contents. (English) ...
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My favorite proverb of the month on “Hope” is…

January 2009: The hunger that has hope for its satisfaction does not kill. Igbo (Nigeria) Proverb

May, 2004: After hardship comes relief. Arabic (Egypt and other North African countries) Proverb

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