Sun, 04 Dec 2016 10:19:05 +0000 Mwiine Lubemba I get a lot of jokes on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instgram, WhatsApp, Hangouts etc from colleagues, but last Wednesday there was this particular adulterated Bemba wise saying (amapinda) that almost broke my ribs and got me thinking for today’s article: “Usunga umunankwe = eumutumpika.” The literal English interpretation would be: the person who takes care of a friend’s needs makes him stupid. The original unadulterated Bemba wise saying is a complete opposite as it means the person who takes care of a friend’s needs is a good person… I asked around, and I’m told every tribe in Zambia has similar wise sayings or idioms- in fact a Ngoni family friend in his mid-70s told me that the practice in villages carried on from ancient times, was that every villager knew the rainy season was a time for hard work and other villagers didn’t bother […]
