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KANGA WRITINGS Copyright Hassan Ali, Ottawa, Canada, 1995. NOTE: Some of the words appearing in kanga are not necessarily proverbs, but rather meant to send out an encoded message or just a plain message. For example, Harufu yako yaburudisha moyo wangu - your pleasant scent soothes my heart , or Bure mnanichukia, bahati nimejaliwa - You hate me in vain, I'm blessed with luck . KANGA WRITING ...

Proverb Player first | previous | next | last Notes this page requires a forms enabled browser the following traditional African proverbs do not all necessarily originate from The Gambia. the origin is given when known. you can also view the entire list of proverbs if you have a comment about one of the proverbs, it's origin or meaning, or you would like to add a new one, then please send us a ...

Proverbs Like in most African languages, Kiswahili has accumalated a wealth of proverbs used in everyday life to express certain wisdom, everyday analogies or poke fun at situations. The proverbs below are accompanied by english translations. To help you out with pronunciation of these phrases the pronunciation will follow them in parenthesis for the first few so you can refer to then ...

Nice set of African proverbs found on the net.