Grandmothers of Generosity · 1,000 stories

Tell her story. Receive her Title of Honour — the African praise name her generosity carries.

Grandmothers are Africa's quiet philanthropists — civic leaders, savings-circle weavers, keepers of the table. Honour one, and receive an Honour Card to share.

1,000 stories of grandmothers' generosity, gathered across Africa.

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A Grandmother of Generosity

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Mama Adaeze

Enugu · Nigeria

The Weaver of Esusu

Esusu · Yoruba / Igbo · West Africa

"When the basket goes round, no one is left empty."

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Her Meaning & Her Lineage

The Weaver of Esusu

Esusu · Yoruba / Igbo · West Africa

Draft meaning

"A trusted savings circle where each contributes in turn."

Echoes

She stands in the line of Funmilayo Ransome-Kutiorganised market women into Nigeria's first national savings and rights union.

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The flow

How it works

Three small steps. A keepsake she'd be proud of.

  1. Step 1

    Tell her story

    A single moment of her generosity, in your own words.

  2. Step 2

    Receive her Title of Honour

    Matched from a vetted library — Ubuntu, Harambee, Teranga and more — to the quality her story carries.

  3. Step 3

    Share her Honour Card

    Download a two-sided keepsake. Opt in to have her story read aloud on our channels.

In her name

The Honour Wall

Grandmothers recently honoured across the continent.

The wall is being gathered.

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The library

Ten Titles of Honour. One library of generosity.

Drawn from traditions across the continent — from Ubuntu to Sadaqah. Each grandmother's story is matched to the one her generosity carries.

  • UbuntuNguni Bantu · Southern Africa
  • HarambeeSwahili · Kenya
  • UjamaaSwahili · Tanzania
  • TerangaWolof · Senegal
  • SankofaAkan / Twi · Ghana
  • EsusuYoruba / Igbo · West Africa
  • StokvelMixed languages · Southern Africa
  • OmoluabiYoruba · Nigeria
  • LetsemaSesotho · Southern Africa
  • SadaqahArabic · across Muslim Africa

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