It takes a village

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• In Lunyoro there is a proverb that says “Omwana takulila nju emoi,” whose literal translation is “A child does not grow up only in a single home.”
• In Kihaya there is a saying, “Omwana taba womoi,” which translates as “A child belongs not to one parent or home.”
• Kijita has the proverb, “Omwana ni wa bhone,” meaning regardless of a child's biological parents, its upbringing belongs to the community.
• In Swahili, the proverb “Asiye funzwa na mamae hufunzwa na ulimwengu” means roughly the same: "Whomsoever is not taught by the mother will be taught with the world."

  Books titled ''It takes a village''

• It Takes a Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher, published in 1994
• It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, published in 1996