Go, all you who would, to the East African coast, and pick a sprinkling of folk wisdom that has accumulated gems which, over centuries, have sustained the Waswahili through times sweet and sour, and propped up and girded them in their production of cultural products in such departments as cuisine, dress, architecture, commerce, worship, custom and protocol.
But be warned, the Waswahili can be sly, and they can say much without appearing to say anything, and woe to the uninitiated soul upon whom Kiswahili words have been unleashed in tricky combinations, without prior warning.
