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Kusakura hakuna benzi

Shona Definition

Kana munhu achiita zvinhu zvaanofunga kuti zvingamubatsira asi pakuita kwake pasina mumwe munhu anogumburwa naye, muregerei akadaro.

English Translation

In weeding no one counts as a fool; however odd a person's way of doing things may look, he should be left alone so long as he troubles nobody else.

Cultural Context

“Quoted to close off criticism — for instance when outsiders object to the strict discipline a particular family keeps.”

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This is a variant of

Benzi kupengera mumunda maro / regera rakadaro

When a fool rages about in a field that belongs to him, let him be — it is his own concern.