Badges
Earned across Lughayangu · more paths coming soon
Path of the Voice
Recognition for the Twista you submit
Swahili /SAH-oo-tee yah KWAHN-zah/
"He who does not know can know by learning."
Earned · 1 approved tongue twister
Swahili /muh-TOON-zee/
"The depth of wisdom is what I have heard and kept."
Locked · 5 approved tongue twisters
Akan /oh-CHAY-may/
"The chief's linguist carries every word that reaches the throne."
Locked · 25 approved tongue twisters
Swahili /m-ZAY wah LOO-gah/
"Even the ram, mighty as he is, bows to the earth."
Locked · 50+ approved tongue twisters
Path of the Tongue
Recognition for the Twista you record
Swahili /m-jah-REE-boo/
"Sew in readiness — the prepared one stands ready."
Locked · 1 attempt recorded
Swahili /ho-DAH-ree/
"Persistence carries the canoe across the water."
Locked · 50 attempts recorded
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
Akan /ah-KO-mah/
"Joined hearts beat in agreement."
Locked · 10 reactions received
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
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
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 stone laid becomes the foundation of the temple."
Locked · 1 hero on your Heroes List
"A house with three pillars stands when the wind comes."
Locked · 3 heroes on your Heroes List
"What is forgotten is reclaimed only by the one who looks back."
Locked · Wrote a Heroes List manifesto
"What is written becomes what is remembered."
Locked · Added notes to 5+ heroes on your list
"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 horn that calls is louder than the silence that forgets."
Locked · Suggested 1 hero we did not have yet
"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
Swahili /m-tan-goo-LEE-zee/
"The lattice cut by hand precedes every symbol that will be stamped upon it."
Earned · Submit the first approved twister in any language
Swahili /m-teh-OO-leh/
"Ananse the storyteller spins a web that gathers every voice."
Locked · Have a twister featured on the homepage