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Shona Definition
Munhu asingazivi akafanana nomunhu akafa. Vakuru vanotaura tsumo iyi pavanhu vanoratidza kusaziva pane zvinhu zvinozivikanwa nokugonekwa navamwe.
English Translation
Someone who is ignorant is no better off than a dead person; not knowing even plain, ordinary things is a kind of death.
Cultural Context
“Elders use it of people who show ignorance of matters everyone else knows and can manage.”
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