A North African kingdom with Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, known for cities like Marrakesh.
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Morocco's blue city of Chefchaouen is a popular tourist destination.
GALXBOY is a South African streetwear brand which has its roots in the underground and rebellious youth street culture that dominates the urban centres of Mzansi.
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I am buying myself some GALXBOY clothes when I get paid.
Africa's most populous country and largest economy, with oil wealth and vibrant creative industries.
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Nollywood, Nigeria's film industry, produces more movies annually than Hollywood.
To claim you can do something, or you can do it better.
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Wena awitsi selo wa're tempela fela.
Family bars are what the skrr skrr generation calls clan names (izithakazelo).
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Man, I wish I knew how to recite my Family Bars.
Swahili
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Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a major African language, a cultural group, and a widely used trade tongue spoken by over 150 million people mostly in East Africa
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She is learning to speak Swahili before her trip to Tanzania.
Soshanguve is a township situated about 30 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, just east of Mabopane. The name Soshanguve is an acronym for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venda, thus showing the multi-ethnic composition of the population.
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If you can make it in Soshanguve, you can make it anywhere.
This is an Afrikaans swear term that directly translates to “your mother’s vagina”. It’s similar to jou mase poes.
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Voetsek with your nonsense, Jou mase gat.
South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent.
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I was born and bred in South Africa.
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