Badges
Earned across Lughayangu · more paths coming soon
Path of the Voice
Recognition for the Twista you submit
The first voice has spoken
Swahili /SAH-oo-tee yah KWAHN-zah/
"He who does not know can know by learning."
Locked · 1 approved tongue twister
The keeper composes
Swahili /muh-TOON-zee/
"The depth of wisdom is what I have heard and kept."
Locked · 5 approved tongue twisters
The linguist of the people
Akan /oh-CHAY-may/
"The chief's linguist carries every word that reaches the throne."
Locked · 25 approved tongue twisters
Strength married to humility
Swahili /m-ZAY wah LOO-gah/
"Even the ram, mighty as he is, bows to the earth."
Locked · 50+ approved tongue twisters
Path of Matamshi
Recognition for the word pronunciations you record
The one who pronounces
Swahili /m-tam-KA-ji/
"Life's journey twists and turns; so the tongue learns every sound."
Locked · 1 approved pronunciation
The speaker of the people
Swahili /m-se-MA-ji/
"The wisdom knot is loosed only by the one who has learned to listen."
Locked · 10 approved pronunciations
Mouth of the language
Swahili /KI-nywa cha LOO-gah/
"Great is the mouth that carries the whole language."
Locked · 25 approved pronunciations
Guardian of pronunciation
Swahili /m-LEE-nzi wah ma-TA-mshi/
"It is not taboo to return for the sound the people have forgotten."
Locked · 100+ approved pronunciations
Path of the Tongue
Recognition for the Twista you record
Prepared, the tongue moves
Swahili /m-jah-REE-boo/
"Sew in readiness — the prepared one stands ready."
Locked · 1 attempt recorded
The paddle keeps moving
Swahili /ho-DAH-ree/
"Persistence carries the canoe across the water."
Locked · 50 attempts recorded
Teeth and tongue, one stomach
Swahili /GWEE-jee wah LOO-gah/
"Teeth and tongue go to food together, fight, and yet share one stomach."
Locked · 100+ attempts recorded
Path of the Heart
Recognition for the love you receive
Hearts joined to yours
Akan /ah-KO-mah/
"Joined hearts beat in agreement."
Locked · 10 reactions received
The star is faithful to the moon
Swahili /m-WEE-toh/
"Kyekye pe aware — the star never abandons the moon."
Locked · 50 reactions received
Pan-African Reach
Recognition for the languages you carry
Bridge between tongues
Swahili /dah-RAH-jah/
"Conjoined crocodiles share one stomach — they fight, yet they are one."
Locked · Twisters in 5+ languages or heroes from 5+ countries
We are linked, never broken
Swahili /SAH-oo-tee yah BAH-rah/
"We are linked in life and death; we never break apart."
Locked · Twisters in 10+ languages or heroes from 10+ countries
Path of Memory
Recognition for the Heroes List you curate
The first hero stands beside you
"The first stone laid becomes the foundation of the temple."
Locked · 1 hero on your Heroes List
Three roots in the ground
"A house with three pillars stands when the wind comes."
Locked · 3 heroes on your Heroes List
The list now carries a thesis
"What is forgotten is reclaimed only by the one who looks back."
Locked · Wrote a Heroes List manifesto
The pen carries what the heart chose
"What is written becomes what is remembered."
Locked · Added notes to 5+ heroes on your list
You see the seam between epochs
"Two crocodiles share one stomach — what one eats nourishes the other."
Locked · 3 heroes from the same decade on your list
Path of the Patron
Recognition for the heroes you summon to Lughayangu
The voice that says, do not forget
"The horn that calls is louder than the silence that forgets."
Locked · Suggested 1 hero we did not have yet
What you summoned now lives here
"What you saved from being forgotten now stands inside the walls."
Locked · 1 hero you suggested was added to the catalog
Mythic
Rare honors only a few will hold
The grid laid before the first stamp
Swahili /m-tan-goo-LEE-zee/
"The lattice cut by hand precedes every symbol that will be stamped upon it."
Locked · Submit the first approved twister in any language
Summoned by the people
Swahili /m-teh-OO-leh/
"Ananse the storyteller spins a web that gathers every voice."
Locked · Have a twister featured on the homepage