Variations On An Elephant

Tsumo - Shumo

Nhamo haityi imwe.

A misfortune is not afraid of another one.

Misfortunes never come singly. Thus people should not delude themselves into thinking that one misfortune precludes another.

-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger

Leopard Resting

My Prayer for Robert Mugabe

I pray that Robert Mugabe will go to heaven when he dies.

When he gets there he will see God welcoming the victims of Robert Mugabe's and ZANU-PF's violence and misrule. As God heals their wounds, physical, mental and psychological, He commends them on their courage, perseverance and faithfulness to truth and justice.

Then God will turn to Robert Mugabe and say, "Welcome Bob! Come on in. I forgive you and love you." Mugabe's past victims will join in saying, "We forgive you, too!"

And THAT will be hell for Robert Mugabe.

Tsumo - Shumo

Kana shumba ikashaya nyama
inodya uswa

If a lion fails to find meat it eats grass.

A hungry or desperate man is not choosy; he takes whatever comes his way.

Like the English proverb, "Beggars cannot be choosers."

-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger

Tsumo - Shumo

Urombo hahuurayi.

Poverty does not kill.

Although poverty can frustrate a person it does not deprive him/her of life.

-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger

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