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“Mukuru mukuru hanga haigari pfunde.”

In English

An older person is wiser than a child born yesterday.

When people say it

  • A young manager in Shurugwi wanted to change how the old foreman stacked the shelves. The foreman said it, so the manager asked him why before changing anything.

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