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Riddles — The Little Boy

Kakomana kanoridza mumhanzi kakafenegera
The little boy blows his trumpet with his chest thrown out.

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Jongwe
(A cockerel)


from Oral Poetry from Africa (1984),
Compiled by Jack Mapanje and Landeg White
Longman

Filed Under: Pleasure Poems Tagged With: Riddles, Shona

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