http://www.afriprov.org is a window to African Oral Literature and African culture in general. The base of information includes a collection of proverbs from 42 African nations.
Onyii ehi na enweghi odudu, chi ya na achuru ya ijiji: "God takes away the housefly from a tailless cow" (Igbo Proverb)
Davies Chisenga Umunwe umo tausala inda: “Problems are overcome by working together” (Zambia)
Douglas Sikwanda Kakoma Just joined thanks to Veronica Mahongo Kachaka!
Alhaji Kassim Pretend to be dead so that you know those who will bury you when you geniunely die. (Kotokoli Proverb)
Joseph G. Healey
Dear Friends of African Proverbs,
The "2010 African Proverbs Calendar" is online on our African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories Website (www.afriprov.org).
We provide two possibilities:
1. You can download the complete 2010 African Proverbs Calendar (cover page and the 12 ...months to make a total of 13 pages). On the “Front Page” (“Home Page”) left click on the photograph at the upper left to view the complete calendar (the direct link is http://www.afriprov.org/images/afriprov/
2. Or you can view and/or print out a particular month by left clicking on "here" on the top of the “Front Page” (“Home Page”) for the monthly version. Then left click on Jan 2010 for either the pdf version (the direct link is http://afriprov.org/images/afriprov/cale
Our 2010 calendar has the overall theme of “Healing, Health Care and Wellness.” There is a theme for each month (such as “Planning Ahead in Health Care,” “Healthy Diet,” “Making Healthy Choices To Prevent Malaria,” “Compassionate Healing,” “Simple Lifestyle” and “Preventative Medicine”) that corresponds to the proverb of that month along with African-themed photographs. Special features of this 2010 calendar are the emphasis on preventing malaria in Africa (World Malaria Day is on 25 April, 2010) and the focus on South Africa in June and July when the World Cup of Football (Soccer) will be taking place. This 2010 calendar includes a selection of 12 African Proverbs from 11 different African countries: Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. The full explanation of the proverb including the “Biblical Parallels” and the “Contemporary Use and Religious Application” can be accessed by clicking on EXPLANATION. A map of the country of that particular proverb can be accessed by clicking on the name of the country on the EXPLANATION page.
For this 2010 calendar we used African-themed photographs (that also includes African paintings, posters and illustrations) from a number of photographers and websites. Thank you!
Special thanks for the “Design” go to : Nicholas Adongo (Kansas, USA); Cephas Agbemenu (Nairobi, Kenya); and Jennifer Ehrentraut (New Jersey, USA). Your feedback is welcome. You are invited to make a link on your website to this calendar. Please tell others about this special calendar. There is a universal proverb that says "What goes around comes around."
We hope to use the theme “Climate Change, Ecology, Environment”(including water and land rights) for the "2011 African Proverbs Calendar." Your suggestions are most welcome.
Peace, Joe Healey
Joanne Daubney I need a few proverbs up my sleeve.
Crystal Cosby I am feeling the love and sending even more love out to you and yours...Kisses
Mambo Jenn I'm glad I found this group. Honor and respect to all.
George Johnson The rat does not make hole for the rabbit.
Lona Labarin zuciya a tambayi fuska! For the news of the heart one should ask the face. (Hausa proverb)
Kondwani Kelvin Beware when a blind man challenges you. He might be stepping on a stone. Chichewa proverb (Malawi).
Danielle The two-headed crocodiles have but one belly for both, yet when either of them get anything they fight among themselves for it, for though they both have only one belly for each of their separate heads, each wants the food to pass down its own throat. (Ashanti proverb)
Amos Akaliba akendo okalabira ku mukonda. Luganda.
African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
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Jan. 2010 African Proverb of The Month ~ Kiga, Ankole (Uganda) Proverb.
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A stick is straightened while still young. (English)
Akati kinikwa kakiri kabisa. (Kiga)
Mti hukunjwa wakati ingali kichanga. (Swahili)
On redrait l’arbre quand il est encore jeune. (French)
