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Kakula

Nzema · Nzema · Kinship

The Nzema word for a child. It appears often in proverbs contrasting children with adults (kpanyinli), e.g. 'Kakula kpalɛ di dikyɛne' ('A good child receives precious gifts').

Many Nzema proverbs set the kakula against the kpanyinli.

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