African Slang Words Starting With "A"

Attachment parenting (Close parenting)

Fomba fifamatorana / Attachment style

Knows attachment styles

Shida za kazi ya mazoezi (Internship problems)

Attaché (Attached - committed)

Attaché (Overloaded)

Attaquant (Forward)

Commencer à manger (Start eating)

Thé vert en plusieurs tours (Green tea in multiple rounds)

Strong sweet tea brewed in rounds, central to youth socializing (not an insult, but a cultural slang term).

Attaya bi pare na (The tea is ready)

Thé à la menthe sénégalais (Senegalese mint tea)

Thé fort des pays sahéliens (Strong Sahelian tea)

Expert at making attaya

Arriver au top (Reach the top)

Presence marks/Show up scores (Participation grades)

Signs for absent friends

Geste tendre (Thoughtful gesture)

أتينشن سيكر - باحث عن الانتباه (attention seeker)

Miahy / Mikarakara (Caring / Attentive)

Attestation (Attestation)

Attestation

Cassava couscous (Attieke)

Manioc et poisson (Cassava and fish)

Fasciner (To attract)

A facetious term for a smack intended to set someone straight. Klap means slap, so an "attitude adjustment klap" is the ...

Attitude moderne (Modern attitude)

Attiéké (Cassava couscous)

ጠበቃ/ጠበቃ (Tebeka) - attorney/lawyer

Ummeli (Attorney)

Attoupement (Gathering)

Pâte de manioc (Cassava paste)

Attraction mutuelle (Mutual attraction)

Attraction (Attraction)

Attribution (Attribution)

One hundred cedis

Atye maber (I'm fine - Acholi)

Então / portanto (So / therefore)

Despedida temporária (Temporary farewell)

Por muito tempo (Until late)

Cordonnier (Shoemaker)

Trois (Three)

Cinq (Five)

Five

In Jesus' name

Au Congo (In Congo)

Star du foot gabonais (Gabonese football star)

Alfijir (Dawn)

Aubergine (Eggplant)

Auch (Hot - verlan)