Read by the tongue
1 Wolof proverb read closely — filed under Humanism, Hospitality and Family; set beside cousins in Māori, Mongolian and Swahili.
Nit, nit-ay garabam
nit, nit-ay garabam
Why the Wolof of Senegal say a person is the medicine of a person — and how Māori, Mongolian, and Swahili proverbs locate human solidarity as value, necessity, and strength rather than as cure.
The remedy for a human being is another human being
Nit, nit-ay garabam
Literally: A person, a person is their medicine
Wolof · Senegal
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