“Chinoziva ivhu kuti mwana wembeva anorwara.”

When people say it

• The lawyer and commentator Alex Magaisa posted the proverb in March 2019, a few days after Cyclone Idai. He used it to argue that the survivors' own voices mattered most. Alex T Magaisa on X
• S.A.L.T Africa used the proverb in a September 2023 suicide prevention post in Shona. It told people not to hide what troubles them, since nobody else can know unless they speak. S.A.L.T Africa on X