Mauritania

A Northwest African country with Saharan landscapes, Arab-Berber culture, and iron ore resources.


Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, is one of the world's newest major cities, founded in 1958.



Pipi

Ipipi is a term in South Africa that means a penis.


Unepipi enkulu.
He has a big penis.



Ikati ilele eziko

This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.


Grandma had to send the kids back to their mothers because ikati ilele eziko.



Senegal

A stable West African country with French influence, peanut production, and vibrant music scene.


Dakar, Senegal's capital, is the westernmost city on the African mainland.



Skaftin

A lunchbox; a portable, usually plastic, container for food, such as Tupperware.
Also occurs as skaftien, skhafthin


Plase bring a skaftin, I want to put my leftovers. 



Accra

Ghana's coastal capital blending colonial history with pan-African cultural influence.


Accra's Makola Market embodies the city's entrepreneurial spirit.



Load Shedding

When the stupid Ass-kom also known as Eskom decides to switch off our electricity that we pay for.


You better charge your phone, Load shedding is starting again soon



Stop Nonsense

Stop nonsense ekasi are those walls that are built around the house (fence) mostly for security reasons cause you know how it is with crime in Mzansi.


They climbed the stop nonsense and stole the dog



WhatsApp Influencer

This is apparently a thing these days. Are these ama2000 who are always posting their numbers on social media asking for "status viewers". Yeah, these kids are very weird.


She has so many contacts because she is a WhatsApp influencer.



Enden

An expression of extreme surprise. Used with a question mark.
Equivalent to "what the fuck?"
Derived from the praise "and then..."


Ah, enden? What happened here?




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