Content Analysis of 161 "African Proverbs & Sayings of the Month" on the African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories Website (http://www.afriprov.org) - June, 1998 to January, 2012
| Year | Month |
Contributor - Country of Origin |
Contributor- Country of Residence |
Language |
Country |
| 2012 | Jan. | Tanzania, France | Tanzania | Kerewe | Tanzania |
| 2011 | Jan. | Tanzania | Tanzania | Haya | Tanzania |
| Feb. | France, Tanzania | Tanzania | Hangaza | Tanzania | |
| Mar. | Uganda | USA | Rwanda, Rundi | Rwanda, Burundi | |
| Apr. | France, Tanzania | Tanzania | Sukuma | Tanzania | |
| May | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | Kenya | Lingala | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville) | |
| Jun. | France, Tanzania | Tanzania | Kara | Tanzania | |
| Jul. | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | Kenya | Songye | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | |
| Aug. | Kenya | Kenya | Gusii | Kenya | |
| Sep. | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | Kenya | Alur | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda |
|
| Oct. | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | Kenya | Luba-Kasai | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | |
| Nov. | Uganda | Kenya | Acholi | Uganda, South Sudan | |
| Dec. | Kenya | Kenya | Maragoli | Kenya | |
| 2010 | Jan. | Uganda, Kenya | Kenya | Kiga, Ankole | Uganda |
| Feb. | Kenya | Kenya | Gusii | Kenya | |
| Mar. | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | Kenya | Hema | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | |
| Apr. | Uganda | USA | Soga, Ganda | Uganda | |
| May | USA | Tanzania | Sukuma | Tanzania | |
| Jun | Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) | Kenya | Lega | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | |
| Jul. | Kenya | Kenya | Kamba | Kenya | |
| Aug. | Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) | Kenya | Hema | Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) | |
| Sep. | Kenya | Kenya | Gikuyu | Kenya | |
| Oct. | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | Kenya | Bembe | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | |
| Nov. | Ghana | Kenya | Ewe | Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Togo | |
| Dec. | Kenya | Kenya | Gikuyu | Kenya | |
| 2009 |
Jan. |
Nigeria |
Kenya |
Igbo |
Nigeria |
| Feb. |
Uganda |
Kenya |
Acholi |
Sudan, Uganda |
|
| Mar. |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) |
Kenya |
Bembe |
DRC, Tanzania |
|
| Apr. |
Madagascar |
Kenya |
Malagasy |
Madagascar |
|
| May. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Luyia |
Kenya |
|
| Jun. |
Italy |
Kenya |
Sena |
Mozambique |
|
| Jul. |
Kenya/Kenya |
Kenya/Kenya |
Meru |
Kenya |
|
| Aug. |
Cameroon |
U.S.A. |
Mafa |
Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger |
|
| Sep. | Kenya | Kenya | Gikuyu | Kenya | |
| Oct. | Ghana | Kenya | Ewe | Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Togo | |
| Nov. | Uganda | U.S.A. | Ganda | Uganda | |
| Dec. | DRC | Kenya | Bembe | DRC, Tanzania | |
| 2008 |
Jan. |
USA |
Tanzania |
Sukuma |
Tanzania |
| Feb. |
USA/USA |
Kenya/Tanzania |
Kaonde |
Zambia |
|
| Mar. |
Kenya/Kenya/USA |
Kenya/Kenya/Kenya |
Sheng |
Kenya |
|
| Apr. |
Uganda |
Kenya |
Acholi |
Sudan |
|
| May | South Africa |
USA |
Zulu |
South Africa, Swaziland |
|
| Jun. |
India |
Libya |
Arabic |
Libya |
|
| Jul. |
Zambia |
Kenya |
Tonga |
Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
|
| Aug. |
Ghana |
Kenya |
Ewe |
Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo |
|
| Sep. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Haya | Tanzania | |
| Oct. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Samburu |
Kenya |
|
| Nov. |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) |
Kenya |
Lega |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) |
|
| Dec. |
Zambia |
Zambia |
Nyanja Chewa |
Mozambique,Zambia, Zimbabwe Malawi |
|
| 2007 | Jan. | Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Haya, Sukuma Ganda |
Tanzania Uganda |
| Feb. |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone |
Mende |
Sierra Leone |
|
| Mar. |
Ghana |
USA |
Ga |
Ghana |
|
| Apr. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Gikuyu |
Kenya |
|
| May | Kenya |
England |
Luyia |
Kenya |
|
| Jun. |
Tanzania/France |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Shubi |
Tanzania |
|
| Jul. |
India |
Libya |
Arabic |
Libya |
|
| Aug. |
Zambia |
Zambia |
Bemba, Nyanja, Chewa |
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
|
| Sep. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Swahili |
East & Central Africa |
|
| Oct. |
Israel |
Israel |
Akan |
Ghana |
|
| Nov. |
South Africa |
USA |
Zulu |
South Africa, Swaziland |
|
| Dec. |
Togo |
USA |
Ewe-Mina |
Benin, Ghana, Togo |
|
| 2006 | Jan. |
- |
- |
Tuareg |
Algeria, Bukina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger |
| Feb. |
- |
- |
Southern Tashelhayt Berber |
Algeria, Morocco |
|
| Mar |
Italy |
Kenya |
Sena |
Mozambique |
|
| Apr. |
Togo |
USA |
Ewe-Mina |
Benin, Ghana, Togo |
|
| May |
DRC |
DRC |
Tembo |
DRC |
|
| Jun. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Chagga |
Tanzania |
|
| Jul. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Moru |
Sudan |
|
| Aug. |
Tanzania/France |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Ganda |
Uganda |
|
| Sep. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Tigrinya |
Eritrea, Ethiopia |
|
| Oct. |
Tanzania/France |
Tanzania/France |
Shubi |
Tanzania |
|
| Nov. |
Togo |
USA |
Ewe-Mina |
Benin, Ghana, Togo |
|
| Dec. |
Uganda/Uganda |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Ganda |
Uganda |
|
| 2005 | Jan. | Uganda |
Tanzania |
Ma'di |
Sudan, Uganda |
| Feb. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Luo |
Kenya, Tanzania |
|
| Mar. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Swahili |
East & Central Africa |
|
| Apr. |
DRC |
DRC |
Tembo |
DRC |
|
| May |
Bukina Faso |
Bukina Faso |
Moore |
Bukina Faso |
|
| Jun |
Namibia |
Namibia |
Oshiwambo |
Namibia |
|
| Jul. |
Italy |
Kenya |
Kongo |
Angola, DRC |
|
| Aug. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Ngoni |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
|
| Sep. |
Nigeria |
Nigeria |
Esan |
Nigera |
|
| Oct. |
Uganda |
Kenya |
Lugbara |
Uganda, DRC |
|
| Nov. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Matengo |
Tanzania |
|
| Dec. |
Cameroon |
USA |
Fulfulde |
Algeria, Burkina faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger |
|
| 2004 | Jan. | Tanzania/France |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Longo |
Tanzania |
| Feb. |
Sudan |
Sudan |
Toposa |
Sudan |
|
| Mar. |
Malawi |
Tanzania |
Mpoto |
Malawi, Tanzania |
|
| Apr. |
Tanzania/Tanzania/USA |
Tanzania/Tanzania/Tanzania |
Kuria |
Kenya, Tanzania |
|
| May |
Egypt |
Egypt |
Arabic |
Egypt and other North African countries |
|
| Jun. |
USA |
Tanzania |
Swahili Sukuma/Ngoreme Kuria |
Eastern & Central Africa Tanzania Kenya, Tanzania |
|
| Jul. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Gusii |
Kenya |
|
| Aug. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Haya |
Tanzania |
|
| Sep. |
USA |
Ghana |
Dagbani |
Ghana |
|
| Oct. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Gikuyu |
Kenya |
|
| Nov. |
USA |
Madagascar |
Malagasy |
Madagascar |
|
| Dec. |
India |
India |
Hausa |
Nigeria |
|
| 2003 | Jan. |
Nigeria |
Nigeria |
Yoruba, Idanre |
Nigeria |
| Feb. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Luo |
Kenya, Tanzania |
|
| Mar. |
Sudan |
Sudan |
Nuba-Tira |
Sudan |
|
| Apr. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Sheng |
Kenya |
|
| May |
Cameroon |
USA |
Mafa |
Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger |
|
| Jun |
Tanzania/France |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Sumbwa |
Tanzania |
|
| Jul. |
Nigeria |
Sierra Leone |
Igala |
Nigeria |
|
| Aug. |
Tanzania |
USA |
Bena |
Tanzania |
|
| Sep. |
Burundi |
Burundi |
Rundi |
Burundi |
|
| Oct. |
Tanzania/USA |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Sukuma |
Tanzania |
|
| Nov. |
Ghana |
Ghana |
Akan |
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
|
| Dec. |
USA |
USA |
Anyuak |
Ethiopia |
|
| 2002 | Jan. |
Zimbabwe |
Australia |
Shona |
Zimbabwe |
| Feb. |
Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Zinza |
Tanzania |
|
| Mar. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Tharaka, Gikuyu |
Kenya |
|
| Apr. |
USA |
Tanzania |
Kuria |
Kenya/Tanzania |
|
| May Jun. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Bukusu |
Kenya |
|
| Jul. |
Sudan |
Sudan |
Toposa |
Sudan |
|
| Aug. |
Liberia |
Liberia |
Bassa |
Liberia |
|
| Sep |
Malawi |
Mwalawi |
Tonga |
Malawi |
|
| Oct. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Nandi |
Kenya |
|
| Nov. |
USA |
Senegal |
Wolof |
Senegal, Gambia |
|
| Dec. |
Uganda |
USA |
Rwanda Rundi |
Rwanda Burundi |
|
| 2001 |
Jan. | Ghana | USA |
Ga |
Ghana |
| Feb. | Sudan/Sudan | Tanzania/Tanzania |
Balanda/Belanda Viri Sudanese Colloquial Spoken Arabic |
Djibouti Egypt, Etrirea Sudan |
|
| Mar. | Sierra Leone |
Tanzania | Krio Edo |
Sierra Leone Nigera |
|
| Apr. | DRC | DRC |
Songe |
DRC |
|
| May | Nigeria |
England |
Edo |
Nigeria |
|
| Jun. | USA |
USA |
Bambara |
Mali |
|
| Jul. | Kenya |
Kenya |
Gikuyu |
Kenya |
|
| Aug. | Uganda |
USA |
Soga, Ganda |
Uganda |
|
| Sep. | Tanzania/Tanzania |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Kwaya |
Tanzania |
|
| Oct. | Tanzania |
Tanzania |
Haya |
Tanzania |
|
| Nov. | USA |
Tanzania |
Swahili* Gikuyu Kuria Ngoreme |
Eastern & Central Africa Kenya Kenya/Tanzania Tanzania |
|
| Dec. | Kenya | Kenya |
Bukusu |
Kenya |
|
| 2000 | Jan. | USA | Botswana | Tswana |
Botswana |
| Feb. | USA | USA |
Chewa Nyanja |
Malawi Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia |
|
| Mar. | Tanzania | Tanzania | Ngoreme | Tanzania | |
| Apr. |
South Africa |
South Africa |
Zulu |
South Africa Swaziland |
|
| May | USA | Kenya | Tugen |
Kenya |
|
| Jun. | Kenya | Kenya |
Luo |
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
|
| Jul. | USA/USA | Ethtiopia/Tanzania |
Sukuma |
Tanzania | |
| Aug. | USA | Ghana | Buli |
Ghana |
|
| Sep | Tanzania | Tanzania |
Ngoni |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
|
| Oct. | Kenya | Kenya |
Akamba |
Kenya |
|
| Nov. | Uganda | USA |
Ganda |
Uganda |
|
| Dec. | Tanzania | Tanzania |
Haya |
Tanzania |
|
| 1999 |
Jan. |
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| Feb. | Zambia |
USA |
Bemba |
Zambia |
|
| Mar |
USA |
Tanzania |
Swahili* |
Eastern and Central Africa |
|
| Apr. |
Tanzania/USA |
Tanzania/Tanzania |
Kuria |
Kenya, Tanzania |
|
| May |
USA |
USA |
Sesotho |
Lesotho, South Africa |
|
| Jun. | Burundi |
Burundi |
Rundi |
Burundi |
|
| Jul. |
USA |
Tanzania |
Swahili* |
Eastern and Central Africa |
|
| Aug. | USA |
USA |
Twi Luo |
Ghana Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
|
| Sep. |
Togo |
USA |
Fanti |
Ghana |
|
| Oct. |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Gusii |
Kenya |
|
| Nov. |
USA |
Tanzania |
Fipa |
Tanzania |
|
| Dec. |
Togo |
USA | Ewe |
Benin, Ghana, Togo |
|
| 1998 | Jun. |
USA |
Tanzania |
Sukuma |
Tanzania |
| Jul. |
USA | Tanzania | Akan Ewe |
Ghana, Ivory Coast Benin, Ghana, Togo |
|
| Aug. |
USA | Tanzania | Ganda Akamba, Gikuyu Haya Igbo, Yoruba Bemba |
Uganda Kenya Tanzania Nigeria Zambia |
|
| Sept. |
Kenya | Kenya |
Gikuyu | Kenya | |
| Oct. |
Malawi | Malawi | Chewa Nyanja |
Malawi Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia |
|
| Nov. |
USA | Tanzania | Igbo | Nigeria | |
| Dec. |
USA | Ethiopia | Oromo | Ethiopia |
180 Contributors - Country of Origin (Sixteen double, five triple authors and one quadruple)
| 31 - |
USA |
| 31 - | Kenya |
| 28 - |
Tanzania |
| 26 - | Ghana |
| 25 - | Togo |
| 14 - |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) |
| 13 - | Uganda |
| 12 - | Sudan |
| 09 | France |
| 06 - |
Nigeria |
| 04 - |
Zambia |
| 03 - |
Cameroon, India, Italy, Malawi, South Africa |
| 02 - |
Burundi, Sierra Leone |
| 01 - |
Burkina Faso, Eqypt, Israel, Liberia, Namibia, Madagascar, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe |
180 Contributors - Country of Residence (Sixteen double and five triple authors and one quadruple)
| 67 |
- |
Tanzania |
| 57 |
- | Kenya |
| 25 | - |
USA |
| 03 | - |
DRC, Ghana, Sudan |
| 02 | - |
Burundi, England, Ethiopia, Libya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zambia |
| 01 |
- |
Australia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Israel, Liberia, Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda |
Number of Times the 100 Different Languages are Cited
| 09 | - | Gikuyu |
| 08 | Sukuma | |
| 07 |
- |
Ganda, Haya, Swahili |
| 05 |
- |
Ewe, Kuria, Rundi |
| 04 |
- |
Chewa, Gusii, Luo, Nyanja |
| 03 |
- |
Acholi, Akamba, Akan, Arabic, Bembe, Ewe-Mina, Igbo, Ngoreme, Zulu |
| 02 |
- |
Bemba, Bukusu, Edo, Ga, Hema, Lega, Luyia, Mafa, Malagasy, Ngoni, Rwanda, Sena, Shubi, Soga, Tembo, Tonga, Toposa, Yoruba |
| 01 |
- |
Alur, Ankole, Anyuak, Balanda/Belanda Viri, Bambara, Bassa, Bena, Buli, Chagga, Dagbani, Esan, Fanti, Fipa, Fulfulde, Hangaza, Hausa, Idanre, Igala, Kaonde, Kara, Kerewe, Kiga, Kongo, Krio, Kwaya, Lingala, Longo,Luba-Kasai, Lugbara, Ma’di, Mende, Meru, Modern Standard Written Arabic, Maragoli, Matengo, Moore, Moru, Mpoto, Nandi, Nuba-Tira, Oromo, Oshiwambo, Samburu, Sesotho, Sheng, Shona, Songe, Songye, Sudanese Colloquial Spoken Arabic, Southern Tashelhayt Berber, Subi, Sumbwa, Tharaka, Tigrinya, Tswana, Tuareg, Tugen, Twi, Wolof, Zinza |
Number of Times the 45 Countries are Cited
| 44 |
- |
Tanzania |
| 40 |
- |
Kenya |
| 20 | - | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda |
| 16 | - | Ghana, Nigeria |
| 13 |
- |
Mozambique |
| 09 |
- | Benin, Sudan,Togo |
| 08 | - | Burundi, Zambia |
| 06 |
Malawi, Rwanda | |
| 05 |
- |
Somalia, Zimbabwe |
| 04 |
- |
Niger, South Africa |
| 03 |
- |
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali |
| 02 |
- |
Algeria, Angola, Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Libya, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Swaziland |
| 01 | - |
Botswana, Chad, Djibouti, Gambia, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Senegal, South Sudan |
Note
Swahili is spoken in the following Eastern and Central Africa countries: Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Libya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Source: Ethnologue: Africa.
Comments
- Two proverbs covered four months (December, 1998 - January, 1999 and May - June, 2002 respectively). So during this period of 164 months from June 1998 to January 2012 there have been 161 monthly contributions, 180 contributors, 100 Languages Cited and 45 Countries Cited.
- The major lacks are fewer contributions from women (only 20 out of 180), fewer contributions from French-speaking Africa and fewer contributions from North Africa.
Complied and analyzed by:
Rev. Joseph Healey, M.M.
Moderator - African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories Website
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