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 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

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September 1, 2014

September 2014 Why do you behave like a woman whose son has just gotten married? Maasai (Kenya, Tanzania) Proverb

  Ainyoo pee iton enaa enkitok nayamishe? (Maasai)
Kwa nini unakaa kama mwanamke ambaye mwanaye ameoa karibuni? (Swahili)
Pourquoi vous comportez-vous comme une femme dont le fils vient d'épouser? (French)
Why do you behave like a woman whose son has just gotten married? (English)

Maasai (Kenya, Tanzania) Proverb

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August 1, 2014

August 2014 Two calabashes floating in a basin of water will touch each other, but not damage each other. Ewe (Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria) Proverb

  Etre ve no tsi dzi megbea nui ka wonoe wo o. (Ewe )
Vibuyu viwili juu ya maji lazima zitaguzana. (Swahili)
Deux calebasses sur l’eau se toucheront de toutes les façons. (French)
Two calabashes floating in a basin of water will touch each other, but not damage each other. (English)

Ewe (Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria) Proverb

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June 25, 2014

July, 2014 A mother is the cornerstone of the family. Somali (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia) Proverb

  Guri ann hooyo lahayni aaa, lama degaan. (Somali)
Mama ni nguzo ya familia. (Swahili)
Une mère est un noyau de la famille. (French)
A mother is the cornerstone of the family. (English)

Somali (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia) Proverb

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June 3, 2014

June, 2014 The house that is built well (like a fixed faith) doesn’t move any longer. Lwalu (Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC) Proverb

Nzubu iku kuimatenke kuende vu.  (Lwalu)
Nyumbani mara moja kujengwa wanapaswa kuwa na harakati. (Swahili)
La maison une foi fixée ne se déplace plus. (French)
The house that is built well (like a fixed faith) doesn’t move any longer. (English).

Lwalu (Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC) Proverb

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April 3, 2014

April-May 2014 – Home is for a husband and a wife. Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

Mucii ni wa muthuri na mutumia. (Gikuyu)
Nyumba ni ya mume na mke. (Swahili)
La maison est pour mari et la femme (French)
Home is for a husband and a wife. (English)

Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb

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March 3, 2014

March 2014 – A faithful woman is a crown to her husband. Gusii (Kenya) Proverb

Omokungu omwegenu nogoseseni ase omosa cha oye. (Gusii).

Mke mwema ni taji kwa mumewe. (Swahili).

Une bonne femme est un diademe ou une couronne a son mari (epoux). (French).

A faithful woman is a crown to her husband. (English).

Gusii (Kenya) Proverb 

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February 3, 2014

February 2014 – The hoes of two people cultivating together in a field sometimes clash (hit) against each other. Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb

      

 

Magembe abili gatakitaga kwikumya. (Sukuma)

Majembe ya watu wawili wanaofanya kazi kwa pamoja katika shamba moja wakati mwingine hayakosi kamwe kugongana.  (Swahili)

Les houes de deux personnes qui font le meme métier dans la même champ ne manquent pas de s’ecraser. (French)

The hoes of two people cultivating together in a field sometimes clash (hit) against each other. (English)

                                                                                                


Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb

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