From: Xhosa, Southern Africa
Source: isiXhosa (South Africa) oral-tradition proverb; the Xhosa line is listed by the African Proverbs Project, African Studies Center, Boston University, without a translation. Explained in English in "African culture and language diversity remain closely linked to biodiversity" (Archive and Public Culture, University of Cape Town), and in isiXhosa on senditshilo.wordpress.com, which describes the imbeleko as the skin a child is carried in
The source explains it: a Xhosa idiom roughly meaning disappointments are not a ticket to throw away hope, they are mere delays, dust yourself up and try again
. The wording of the meaning is ours.