Xhosa people who handed down proverbs
before the 19th century · Cape Colony, South Africa · A saying of the industrious to the idle: each should work for himself, as the flies do. The English is Theal's own translation, printed directly under the Xhosa.
One fly does not provide for another.
Akuko mpukane inqakulela enye.
G. M. Theal, Kaffir Folk-Lore (2nd ed., 1886) · Proverbs and Figurative Expressions
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Xhosa people who handed down proverbs
before the 19th century · Cape Colony, South Africa · Bakuba is an ideal country. Theal says the proverb is a warning against undue ambition, or advice to be content with what is within reach. The English is Theal's own translation, printed directly under the Xhosa.
Bakuba is far away, no person ever reached it.
Kude e-Bakuba, akuyiwanga mntu.
G. M. Theal, Kaffir Folk-Lore (2nd ed., 1886) · Proverbs and Figurative Expressions
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