Amazulu Kakhulu! – Adewale Sobowale

The Zulu are a Bantu ethnic group in Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in South Africa. About 11 million of them are estimated to live in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, and a few also live in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique. The topic of this article is ‘Zulu people, thank you’. You know,…

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Waiting Game? – Adewale Sobowale

With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. People went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it off by wearing their brand-new clothes, eating their favourite dishes, and drinking. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than the, then, outgoing 2019….

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AMÚKÛN…K–LEGGED… – Adewale Sobowale

I know better than criticizing anyone’s physical appearance. But the Yorùbá have a saying, “amúkûn ẹrù ẹ́ wọ́” and he responds, “òkè lẹ̀ ǹwó ẹ wò sàlẹ̀”. It means, some person calling the k–legged man that whatever he’s carrying is not balanced and he replies that the caller should look at his legs. In the…

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