“Mwana wamambo muranda kumwe.”

When people say it

• In December 2017 philosopher Bryan Mukandi opened an APA blog post with it. He said Shona children heard it often in the 1980s and 1990s, then used it to argue that philosophy in Australia should take the question of place seriously. APA Blog (American Philosophical Association)
• The son of a well known headmaster in Chivhu moved to Pretoria and expected people to know his father. Nobody did, and a friend said it when he complained.