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Khemi
Khemi is a general slang term for muthi or traditional medicine.
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Thunee
A highly popular, fast-paced trick-taking card game that originated among the Indian South African community in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
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Tsotsi taal
Township meaning for slang whose direct translation means 'gangster language' 'taal' being the Afrikaans word for language. A huge contribution to this type of slang stem from South African prisons.
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Letleke
Letleke refers to a nice, good looking girl
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Kano
Ancient Hausa city and northern commercial hub with centuries-old dye pits.
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Chop
Chop is a Nigerian slang term for eating.
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Uganda
An East African country known as the 'Pearl of Africa', with Lake Victoria and mountain gorillas.
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Chad
A large, arid North Central African country with oil reserves and Lake Chad, facing desertification challenges.
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Bobby
Bobby is a slang term for “big breast”or “big boobs”
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Gbola
It is the Nigerian pidgin word for Penis
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