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Chewa Proverb Collection

Adatsogoza mau, nyama isanafe.

He spoke before the game died.

(He had in his mind already divided all the meat of the elephant, but the elephant was still running around in the bush.)

Proverb No 11 collected by Toon van Kessel

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Bemba Proverb Collection

Icikulu tacalululwa. / tacalulwa.

Greatness cannot be changed and become small. (The great can never be made small. A chief or a leader is always so; his decision cannot be changed. / A leopard cannot change its spots.)

Calola mukuti umuntu uwabucenjeshi, bukamupwa ilyo akaba mubwafya ubucilile pabucenjeshi bwakwe. (from Stephen Mpashi)

Proverb No 393 collected by Frank Carey

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Welcome to FENZA

Our Aim: Empowering Christians in Zambia to face the challenges of contemporary and traditional cultures with openness and to encounter people of different Christian denominations, contemporary religious movements and religions.

Upcoming events

Workshop on healing and deliverance: How to deal with pastoral cases of witchcraft and Satanism

Date: 25—28 March 2019

Outline of the course

What we offer

Teams of animators for workshops / seminars on religious and cultural issues. Workshops are given at FENZA and in Parishes / schools in our outreach programmes.
Language Courses (Chibemba & Chichewa / Chinyanja)
Library (7,000 volumes) on social, cultural & religious concerns
Archives of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in Zambia
Access to academic online journals (JSTOR)
Documents / research to stimulate reflection in Zambia on topics of concern for the Centre
A hostel for accommodation
Networks of resource persons

Inquiries

director@fenza.org

Where we are

Lusaka (Bauleni, along Leopard's Hill Rd)/ Zambia

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Faith & Encounter Centre Zambia
P.O. Box 320 076, Lusaka
Tel 0211 840 210/ 0211 840 211
Email: director@fenza.org