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African Concepts of Time
adapted from African Religions and Philosophy
by John S. Mbiti

		Tense	English	Approximate Time
		far future or remote future	I will come	about 2-6 months from now
		immediate or near future	I will come	within the next short while
		indefinite future or indefinite near future	I will come	within a foreseeable while, after such and such an event occurs
		present or present progressive	I am coming	In the process of action, now
		immediate past or immediate perfect	I came; I have just come	in the last hour or so
		today's past	I came	from the time of rising up to about 2 hours ago
		recent past or yesterday's past	I came	yesterday
		far past or remote past	I came	any day before yesterday
		unspecified past	I came	no specific time in the past