A small volcanic island nation off East Africa with Arab-French-African culture and fragrant ylang-ylang exports.
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The Comoros is one of the world's leading producers of ylang-ylang essential oil.
Ukufemba is a spiritual healing /energy healing where an inyanga removes bad spirits in one's body or foreign objects in the yard or car. It's an African exorcism (ukukhipha imimoya emibi).
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I need to try ukufemba.
South African slang term for the club, tavern, party, all the nice places.
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I miss how groove was before lockdown.
It is an urban South African youth language, also known as tsotsi taal or township talk, that mixes words from languages like Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Afrikaans, and English.
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They mostly speak Scamto to each other.
To beat someone to a pulp.
Can also be a swear word in Afrikaans
Can also be a swear word in Afrikaans
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I will moer you.
Come here, jou moer.
Angola's oil-rich capital mixing Portuguese heritage and rapid modernization.
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Luanda's Ilha do Cabo is famous for its seafood restaurants and nightlife.
How South Africans say “traffic lights” because “traffic lights” is too long and doesn’t sound futuristic enough.
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No one:
Passenger in a taxi: After robot, driver.
Is a term that means jerking off or masturbating.
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I caught my little brother eskomora.
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I do this beke le beke... asbonge.
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