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August 01, 2005

Proverb No.05(b): o-Mbenge fe nao-meene !

It's the same in Europe

Source: Tales of the Animal World.

"Kangi Inoni" is a bird with attractive feathers, in black and white spots.
"Nganja Lofofe" is the name of a bird.
Isofe-sofe = the month of June.

NOTE: The early Bakweri Geographers had two cardinal points:
Lelu (North), that is towards e-Fako (Mount Cameroon);
Mbenge (South), that is towards the sea/the Atlantic Ocean.
Hence boats in the sea port of Victoria and the creek port of Tiko are considered as coming from the south or sailing towards the south. Foreign nationals arriving in boats in our ports and beaches are referred to as "Vato va Mbenge", that is persons from the south.
Hence:
e-Mokala a Mbenge = the white man from the south.
Mota Mbenge = a Blackman from the south, for instance, West Africans from Dahomey, Togo, The Gold Coast (Ghana), Liberia, Sierra Leone.

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Proverb No.05: Si, o-njoh Nganga, oma seke te vewule vee-ni ndi o-ji

You may deceive the Doctor but not his leaves\medicine

Source: Tales of the Animal World.
wooli wo yoowo = fee paid to a doctor.
vewule = leaves.
vewule vee-ni (the doctor's leaves): a reference to medication.
namo koko-vele fe noa-mene = I warned you.
ekoke-eya = (i) a serious matter.
(ii) witchcraft, for instance:
(a) ase-nyi ngundu; aveni ekoke-eya = he cannot be innocent. He practices witchery.
(b) enge yome ene ekoke-eya ! = that his witchery.

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