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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 17 Oct 2017

    Half a loaf is better than nothing. A Shona #proverb sent by Israel Katongo in Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe

    12:18 AM - 17 Oct 2017
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    • Cecil J Dzingayi Sip of Wisdom Munashe J Chikanya Tichafa Nyasha  Mutidzawanda Mrs Peetah Morgan Ms Liccy Shumba Darlington Mario Wuragu Moyo
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      1. Gardy Chacha‏ @GardyChacha 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kenyans DON'T like this proverb at all. The term 'nusu mkate'/half bread is enough to cause chaos. @UKenyatta @RailaOdinga @WilliamsRuto

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      1. Bubu 🇨🇲‏ @116bubu 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This proverb is not African

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      2. israel mugoni‏ @israelmugoni 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        shona proverb? hehehe. I thought it was English all this time

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Thobelani Ncapai‏ @ThobelaniNcapai 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @israelmugoni @BBCAfrica

        Lol maybe they have a shona version of the proverb like in Xhosa we say 'ucuntsu akafani noshici' which translates the same to English

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      4. israel mugoni‏ @israelmugoni 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @ThobelaniNcapai @BBCAfrica

        reasonable, but i'm Shona and I don't know of such a proverb in Shona

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      2. james maisiri‏ @maisiri_james 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Chembere mukadzi, hazvienzane ne kurara mugota. That proverb is an English proverb

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      2. Martin Mutiiria‏ @mmutiiria 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Shona proverb? Really? Half a loaf of what? Bread is not African and has never been! @NatashaMzungu @josephMACHIVA

        2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
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      1.  🔥FĒÀRLÈssJournålist  🇿🇼 🇿🇦‏ @MuformuFour 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @maDube_

        Its a Zimbabwean proverb , English is part of our language in Zimbabwe

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      1. John Brown‏ @NicholasLoewen 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "Rome wasn't built in a day" is my favorite Hausa proverb.

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      1. Judge Holden Caulfield‏ @Yehcontcheh 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" A Zulu #proverb sent by Dr. M. J. Micklewhite.

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      1. ‏ @khabbon 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Shona my foot!!

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      1. Ahmed‏ @ahmedtanko17 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Half a loaf is better than kpof kpof😂😂😂😂😂

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      2. ona_96‏ @ownermandozana 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Akomana ma Zimbabweans tinongoshorwa

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Simbarashe Nyakudya‏ @SimbarasheNyak6 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @ownermandozana @BBCAfrica

        Kkkk because of the political situation they think we are half people vanhu vasina kukwana

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. ona_96‏ @ownermandozana 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @SimbarasheNyak6 @BBCAfrica

        🙅🏿‍♂️ lest see what the future brings for us

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      1. FatimaahM‏ @FatimaahJM 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        My shona brothers and sisters abi???? Please can a shona person drop a real one? #shonaproverbsmatter

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      1. Pese Pese EP on SoundCloud‏ @SoulDeepZim 17 Oct 2017
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        pic.twitter.com/NL5lZ6Q9vo

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      1. Simba Machiridza‏ @SimbaMach 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @maDube_

        Not a shona #proverb ngatisanyepera anhu

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