Amazulu Kakhulu! -Adewale Sobowale

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

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Waiting Game? – Adewale Sobowale

With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. Peoples went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it up with wearing their brand new clothes, eating their favourite dishes and imbibing their choice drinks. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than…

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Amukun…K–Legged… – Adewale Sobowale

I know better than castigating 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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