Proverbs in Africa are capsules of the wisdom of the people. Luviri
Press is happy to present another collection of such proverbs this time
focussing on the Tumbuka people who live in Northern Malawi and Eastern
Zambia. The people of Central Africa are a mixed people with mixed
cultures due to a mixed history. Citumbuka, the language as it is known
today, is a result of a complex process of interactions of the different
languages of ethnic groups knitted together by historical events. A
study of the Tumbuka proverbs and expressions reveal this cultural
interaction.