The CIHA Blog wishes our readers a safe, healthy, peaceful, and joyful New Year. The year 2020 has been strange and difficult for all — one in which over one million people across the globe lost their lives to the coronavirus. But as a Wolof proverb puts it: “Garab lo ca goob mu saxàti” – the split tree still grows.
Today, we post New Year’s wishes and season’s greetings from our multi-country team:
Deweneti – Wolof (Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania)
Feliz año novo – Portuguese Creole (Senegal-Casamance, Guinea-Bissau)
Sangkutoo ye Diya – Mandinka (The Gambia)
Umattal sammenge – Ajamaat or Joola/Diola (Sénégal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau)
Noheli nziza, Umwaka mushya muhire – Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
Joyeux Noël, Bonne Année – French (Francophone countries)
Tunawatakieni kila la heri mwaka mpya wa 2021 – Swahili (Kenya, East Africa)
Sinifisela ukhisimusi omuhle, nonyaka omusha onenjabulo – Zulu (Southern Africa)
Amazarwa g’omucunguzi ag’eihoreere, n’omwaka omutsya omurungi – Kinyankore (Uganda)
Mbotama elamu mpe mobu mwa sika molamu – Lingala (Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo)
Afehyia pa, afenhyia pa – Akan (Ghana)
Waxaan ithin rajeyneynaa damantiin sanad cusub – Somali (Somalia)
Tratry ny taona – Malagasy (Madagascar)
Geseënde kersfees en voorspoedige nuwe jaar – Afrikaans (South Africa and Namibia)
Sambe sambe. Allah ka san koura here – Bambara (Mali)
عيد ميلاد مجيد وعام سعيد – Arabic (Arabophone countries)
Original image from ASA 2017