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Kupfuma ifundira. (M)

Shona Definition

Kuti munhu azopfuma hunge atosevenza nesimba.

English Translation

Wealth comes from sweat. Nobody grows rich except by labouring hard for it.

Cultural Context

“Used to insist that prosperity has no shortcut other than hard work.”

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