Thursday, April 21, 2011

Silent Voices / Secret Meanings of the Kanga






What Are You Holding On For He Doesn't Want You! Leave Him!

Give us peace so we can love each other.


Mwenye wivu ajinyonge

The envious should hang herself/himself

Mmmh! Quite rough words! This is a very harsh and impolite statement from someone who is really fed up with those who envy her/his relationship or success in life.

Naona ni shoga yangu, kumbe ni mke mwenzangu

I thought of you as my girlfriend, but alas! You are my cowife

Someone is messing around with someone else's husband!

Tamu ya mua kifundo

A sugarcane is sweetest at the joint

What seems to be hard to achieve in real life is often times the best. Fruits of hard labour are enjoyed the most.

Kama ni ubaya ulianza wewe

If you think I'm bad then you started it!

I'm just giving you the taste of your own bitter pill!

Wajenga kwa wengine kwako kwabomoka

You build somebody else's place while yours is falling

A wake-up call for a person too negligent of his own life.

Napenda kukuona mpenzi wangu ni furaha ya moyo wangu

I love to see you my dear, you are the joy of my heart!

Mmmh! It's a kind of words you never get tired of hearing!

Msilale wanawake

Women: do not fall asleep

It's a call to women not "to fall asleep" - meaning, not to be completely passive. They should "wake up" and do what is best for them.



Women wearing kangas for George W. Bush’s arrival ceremony
in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2008.

and Obama too...


Zapiro's comic of Zuma and court trial.

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