Proverb

Ūrimũ no ta, ũthũngũ.

Translation

Folly or ignorance is like Europeaness.

Comment

The traditional proverb paints ignorance as attempt to ape European culture wholesale without bothering to understand its nature. The postproverbial stipulates that only children are ignorant and attributes the display of folly to childishness.

Postproverbials
  • Postproverbial: Ūrimũ no ta, waana.
    Translation: Folly or ignorance is like childishness.
Language

Kenya (Gikuyu)

Tags


white ignorance foolishness European