Is a name given to a child or children born from South Africa Lady who date a Nigerian guy.
Example
How are your jollofites doing?
Tsotsi language. Generally means a mistake or nonsense. Can be pronounced as "flop" or "flopo"
Example
Eish ke editse flopo
I made a mistake
Example
I thought I knew Afrikaans until I went to the Cape Flats and heard what they call Kaaps/Afrikaaps.
It's those mxit abbreviations from back in the day that means "How u doing"
Example
Guy: Hi
Girl: Hi
Guy: Hud
Girl: Gud u
Guy: Gud, wud?
The indigenous name for the City of East London meaning the new farming area or new development. The name was given by the precolonial Xhosas to the City following its establishment after the Sixth Frontier War. Today it is mistakenly pronounced Gompo
owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.
owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.
Example
Going to East London?
Iām going to Gombo
A Northwest African country with Saharan landscapes, Arab-Berber culture, and iron ore resources.
Example
Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, is one of the world's newest major cities, founded in 1958.
Die poppie sal dans is a popular South African term that means there will be trouble or havoc.
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance
Example
Mom told them to take out the meat from the freezer in the morning and they forgot. Die poppie sal dans when she comes back from church.
Bobo is a Liberian slang term for a deaf person or even a senseless person.
Example
Small more, you will be bobo.
Historic coastal city with Swahili culture and East Africa's largest port.
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Mombasa's Old Town features ornate Arab-style doors and architecture.
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