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In doing so, we have collectively upheld the noble tradition of viewing 'every child being everyone's child and every parent being every child's parent', 'ingane iyingane yawowonke umzali, wonke umzali ungumzali wazo zonke izingane', 'elke kind is almal se kind en elke ouer is alle kinders se ouer'.
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The Zulus have it: "ingane engakhaliyo ifela embelekweni," (a child that does not cry may die unnoticed carried by its mother on her back.)
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Then their leader, with many bows, indicated that we were at liberty to proceed by pointing first to the mouth of the cave, and next to the top of the precipice, saying something about '_ingane_,' which I believe means a little child, does it not? "
The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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