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Murombo munhu

Shona Definition

Munhu kunyange chiri chirema kana bofu, anotova munhu bedzi, zve, anosungirwa kubatwa somunhu.

English Translation

No matter how lowly or wretched someone's condition, he remains a human being and is owed the treatment any person deserves.

Cultural Context

“Said to those who look down on others merely because they themselves are better off.”

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