Kanuri proverbs
Kanuri is a language spoken in the former Kanem–Bornu Empire in West Africa.
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[edit]- Kanuwari nonemmi kwoya, kanuwate nonemiba?
- If thou dost not know hate dost thou know indifference?
- "The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."
- George Bernard Shaw, The Devil's Disciple, Act II (1901)
- "44". Wit and Wisdom from West Africa: Or, A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms. 1865. p. 50.