Word of the Day [04 Feb 2026]

Chad

A large, arid North Central African country with oil reserves and Lake Chad, facing desertification challenges.

N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, lies along the Chari River near the Cameroon border.

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Lepopotane

A term in Sepitori that refers to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. Xhosa people call it tilili

I use my lepopotane for my side chicks, and I make sure I hide it inside the spare wheel so that my main chick doesn't see it.

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Maputo

Mozambique's Indian Ocean capital with Portuguese-style architecture.

Maputo's fish market serves the freshest peri-peri prawns.

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Lagos

Nigeria's commercial hub and Africa's most populous city, known for its vibrant energy.

Lagos' Lekki Free Zone is transforming Nigeria's industrial landscape.

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Rwanda

An East African country known for recovery from genocide, clean cities, and mountain gorillas.

Rwanda's capital Kigali is celebrated for its cleanliness and order.

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Ingcibi

Ingcibi is a Xhosa traditional surgeon who performs circumcisions on young males during initiation.

His grandfather is ingcibi of the village.

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Mkhwetha

Umkhwetha (plural: abakhwetha) is an initiate (a boy going through the circumcisions/initiation period) in Xhosa.

Umkhwetha has to eat food without salt for the first few days

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K-leg

K-leg is a Nigerian Pidgin term for when a situation or topic is either suspicious or untrue.

You sure of dis tin wey you dey talk so? Dis matter get k-leg.

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Swi

Swi is a Zimbabwean slang term for Alright/Fine.

The poem you wrote ibinguswi

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Ingidi

Ingidi is a slang term of "big booty or big ass".

That girl have Ingidi.

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Bafana Maths

Bafana Maths refers to the calculations Bafana Bafana usually does before qualifying for a major tournament. It usually entails “if team A wins, team B draws, and we win by so many goals, then we qualify”

We need Nigeria to beat Benin and we beat Rwanda, then we’ll qualify for the World Cup. My Bafana Maths is on point now.

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