Tembo Proverb

Tembo Proverb - Keshi walyire kataera

A debt is not a loss once one knows the debtor.

Debt is one of the forms of sharing, of putting goods to the disposal of the community.

We say that the one who lends to you is the one who values you and puts their confidence in you.

The one who gives out their goods to those in need knows that they are not losing, but the generosity and sharing will be reciprocated.  Thus, one is not to complain about a debt if they know the debtor for an act of generosity is never a loss. It may profit generations to come.

Excerpt from, "Africa, A land of Hope", by Donna Ward.

Namaste.

Pamela Nelson

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