Xhosa people who handed down proverbs
before the 19th century · Cape Colony, South Africa · A proverb. The English is Theal's own translation, printed directly under the Xhosa.
The sun never sets without fresh news.
Alitshonanga lingenandaba.
G. M. Theal, Kaffir Folk-Lore (2nd ed., 1886) · Proverbs and Figurative Expressions
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Ignatius Sancho
July 23, 1778 · London · The close of a letter to Mrs. C.
We have no news but old lies--scoured and turned like misers coats which serve very well. We gape and swallow--wonder and look wise--conjurers over a news-paper, and blockheads at home.
Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (3rd ed., 1784) · Letter LXIX
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