Sudan's confluence city where the Blue and White Niles meet.
Example
Khartoum's National Museum displays ancient Nubian artifacts.
A West African country with mineral riches including bauxite, facing political instability.
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Conakry, Guinea's capital, is located on the Atlantic coast on the Tombo Island.
Jaga-jaga is a Nigerian slang term that means disorganised or disorderly.
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Oboy, that beb na jaga jaga gal.
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.
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She has so many contacts because she is a WhatsApp influencer.
Maskandi is a kind of Zulu folk music / genre that is dominant amongst the Zulu population of South Africa.
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I enjoy listening to Maskandi
My favourite Maskandi artist is Mgqumeni
A term Xhosa people use to refer to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. They call it lepopotane in SePitori.
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Yho mntase I saw his tilili hidden in the spare wheel of his car. Caba he didn't want me to see that he uses it for his hoes.
Pronounced: Hoo-zet.
South African slang: How are you doing?
The word is borrowed from the Afrikaans language - Hoe is dit. Direct translate: How is it.
South African slang: How are you doing?
The word is borrowed from the Afrikaans language - Hoe is dit. Direct translate: How is it.
Example
Hi my friend, huzit?
A slang term that means "right?". It is mostly used at the end of statements and asked as a question.
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So you are stressing over the World Cup results ong?
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