Former colonial capital with distinctive French-Creole architecture.
Example

Saint-Louis' Jazz Festival is West Africa's oldest music festival.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
Quickly; immediately; smart or streetwise.
Example

Do am sharp sharp before he come.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026

Show you flames or to literally make you shit yourself.
Example

Mjolo will nyisa you.

DRex • 06 April 2021
This means a girl or a pretty chick popularly used in zambia
Example

look at that guza walking there

That gee • 23 July 2023

A Zulu word for asking a girl/guy out.
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Ladies must also shela now. #WomenHaveToShela

Skhokho • 11 May 2021
Family bars are what the skrr skrr generation calls clan names (izithakazelo).
Example

Man, I wish I knew how to recite my Family Bars.

Danny • 07 September 2023

Please; used to plead, urge, or soften a request. From "I beg".
Example

Abeg help me carry this bag.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026
Mjolo basically means dating. It's derived from ukujola which means to date. Therefore mjolo is the act of dating (ukujola).


Other people may spell it as mojolo
Example

Mjolo will nyisa you.

Danny • 06 April 2021

A stable West African democracy known for gold, cocoa, and as a center of pan-African culture.
Example

Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
Gurans is a slang term used by Cape Town Xhosa speaking community that means war between rival gangs or individuals.
Example

Ingathi ikhona igurans between lamajita.

It looks like there is some war/conflict between those guys.

Yanga CPT • 27 June 2022


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