mvula

Updated: May 25, 2025

Kowé! kowé! n'andambwi, M'vula léru, korolé ko okwé, Waie, ona, kordi, mvula! He cannot translate it as it is pure Manganja, but with the exception of the first line which relates to a little song-bird with a beautiful note, it is a mere reiteration "rain will surely come to-day." Crosses the Loangwa. Distressing march. The king-hunter. Great hunger. Christmas feast necessarily postponed.

David Livingstone - The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868

After the light rains of the autumnal equinox, come the Mvula za Chintomba, the "Chuvas grandes" of the Portuguese, lasting to the end of November. They are heavy, accompanied by violent tornadoes and storms, greatly feared by the people.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2