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A fa kpanga nan do ti molengue pepe kpanga ti sioni ti baba ti lo

A child cannot be punished because of his father's faults.

What it means
A child is not answerable for what its father did. The source calls it unfair to punish someone for a matter they had no part in, and treats this as a question of justice.
Sango · Central Africa
Source and context
From: Sango, Central Africa
Source: Sango proverb; entry 2 in Laur Mwepu, "A Collection of 100 Sango Proverbs and Wise Sayings" (African Proverbs Working Group, afriprov.tangaza.ac.ke)

The source explains it: it will be unfair to punish someone on issues he doesn't know the cause. This is fairness and justice.. The wording of the meaning is ours.

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