African Slang Words Starting With "A"

Thank you (Thanks to you)

Réunion (Meeting)

Local distilled gin.

Lézard (Lizard)

Propoz → Propose

Slang for “forget about it” or “let it go.” (Origin: Sudanese Arabic, lit. "break the jaw")

We aw pɔsin de tɔk → Way how person talks

Ples we ɛvribɔdi go → Place where everyone can go

Pɔsin we de fayt fɔ rayt → Person who fights for rights

Creole tradition

University dormitory name (Legon hall)

Tortue (Turtle)

Mungu kwa Kiturkana (God in Turkana)

አኩኩሉ/አኩኩሉ (Akukulu) - traditional game

Akwa (Downtown Douala)

Great people (Great people)

Welcome in Ghanaian

Bienvenue (Welcome)

Plato de coco rallado (Grated coconut dish)

Ashanti festival (Traditional ceremony)

Àkwɛ́ (Argent/Money)

Gagner de l'argent (Make money)

Boy/Young man (Boy)

Cher (Expensive)

Chaussure (Shoe)

Al kousen (Go sleep)

Joking reference to someone being lazy or bumming around (from “entakh” meaning to lounge). Usage: Get up and help inste...

Al gete, vwar (Go see)

Al sana (This year)

Al usbu' (This week)

Al yawm (Today)

No (Berber)

Tɔk lɔwd → Talk loud

No (Berber)

Cérémonie de coupe de cheveux / Hair cutting ceremony

New goods

Unload goods

Cargo inspection

Cargo counting/inventory

Electronics market (Electronics market)

Headache powder (Headache powder)

Hundred

Tout va bien (Everything is fine)

Pis de wit yu → Peace be with you

Halafu? (So what?)

Alahelo / Sorrow

Senseless person (Foolish person)

Wicked person (Evil person)

Faux (Fake person)

Menteur (Liar)