TONGA (MALAWI) PROVERBS
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The Lakeside Tonga people of Malawi, in Nkhata Bay district, share in the Bantu history to which their ancestors belonged. The history that is dominated by change. It is marked at times by slow expansion and at others by rapid migration. Their great ingenuity is shown in the ways they learned to adapt to different environments; modifying lifestyle and culture accordingly. The account of their creativity and enterprise is extraordinary.
It is however believed that the Tonga came from the same place as the Chewa and Tumbuka.
What seems to be most likely, is that the Tonga had good relationships with Tumbuka and Chewa with whom they intermarried. These similarities are also for linguistic styles, since the Tonga share in the Bantu cultural unity. The Tonga themselves have their legend which depicts their origin as from the north. Karonga Mzizi and Chiwiwi are the heroes. The different names of the people were developed according to the habit each clan liked to follow.
Mlomu upasuwa muzi
The mouth is responsible for discord among people
Uheni uwele wakuwuchita
Evil returns to the doer
Jisu ku jusu
An eye for an eye
Boza liwele mweneko.
A lie returns to the one who tells it
Chikumbu chimoza chituswa nyinda cha
One thumb cannot crush a louse
Cho untanja ndichu chipunduwa
A habit that you like could destroy you
Kumuzi waku ndi kumuzi waku
Your home is your home
Kupaska nkhusunga
To give is to store
Kufumba nkhuwona nthowa
To ask is the desire to know the way
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Kusewe ndi chirwani mbuzereza
To play with danger is foolishness
Mbawa kume masengwe nkhuwambala lisito
A cautious deer grows longer horns
Moto walimbuni utocha lisuwa likuru
A small fire destroys a big forest