Afri-Speak

Tsumo

“Zizi harina nyanga.”

In English

Things are not what they seem.

When people say it

  • A new tenant in Bulawayo seemed shy and poor, so the landlady treated him like a child. A month later he paid a year of rent in cash, and she said it to her daughter.

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