A missionary who spent 11 years in East Africa once told me she always felt she was living on the brink of adventure and discovery, yet without the pressures of time. The Africans she knew lived by the Swahili proverb Haraka haraka hakuna baraka (”Hurrying, hurrying brings no blessings”).
That saying is well known to photographer Betty Press, who says she especially loves the
I Am Because We Are African Wisdom in Image and Proverb
By Betty Press
Proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller
Books For Africa, St. Paul Minnesota, 2011
