0kaMdabuli, uMazisi w'e Kunene, ushaya emhlolweni lapho ethi izisho nezaga kazibona nje ubugagu benkulumo kepha ziyinjululwazi (noma ifilosofi) yesizwe. Abalondolozi balo mnotho, uthi yilezo zalukuzi namakhehla esivame ukuwabukele phansi thina esithi sifundisiwe.
Kuleli qoqo uyasimema ukuba sizibhekisise lezo zisho nezaga ezintsha ngoba yizona ezikhombisa ukuthuthuka kwesizwe.
The descendant of Mdabuli, Mazisi Kunene, is quite right in his claim that idioms and proverbs are not simply verbal art, but also reflect the philosophy of a people. The custodians of this wealth, so he asserts, are those old men and women, whom we often look down upon, as we consider ourselves to be better enlightened.
In this collection, the author is inviting us to pay special attention to the emerging idioms and proverbs since these are a manifestation of a nation's development.