Browse African Slang

Bana (Sickness - Dioula)

Kaka/ndugu (Bro/brother)

Bana (Children)

Bana ba motho ba kgaogana tlhogo (Children share a head)

Enfants bandits (Child bandits) - Lingala

Children upon children

Children of peace

Mɔgɔ min bɛ bana sɔrɔ tuma bɛɛ (Someone who gets sick often)

Banane dessert (Dessert banana)

Banane à cuire (Plantain)

My people; oh my

بنات - Girls

School desk

Insufficient desks

Nouvellement bancarisé (Newly banked)

Banco (Mud brick)

Parler Banda (Banda speech)

ፋሻ/ፋሻ (Fasha) - bandage

Bandari/mahali pa meli (Port/ship place)

Commercial port

Ship port

Old port

Modern ports

Groupe d'amis (Group of friends)

Trailer

Flag high

Deep patriotism

Criminoso (Criminal)

White collar criminal

Bandido (Bandit)

أقارب (Relatives)

Bandit (Bandit)

Bandit (Bandit)

Bando (Gang/abandoned place)

ባንድስ/ብዙ ገንዘብ (Bands/lots of money)

Débit internet (Internet speed)

Slang for a guy or dude (literally means 'boy'). Young men might refer to each other as bandy in casual talk.

To mess up / cause trouble.

Casa / habitação (House / home)

Bangahe? (How many?)

Pénis (Penis)

Concours de virilité (Virility contest)

Bandit, voleur (Bandit, thief)

Bange (Secret - Dioula)

Den sɔrɔlen kura, nouveau-né (Newly gotten child, newborn)

"They've entered" / they pulled up lit (arrival hype).

Wimbo mkali (Hard song)

Ingoma leshisa (Hot song)

Swahili for marijuana, used in slang to refer to anything crazy as well (like calling a wild idea 'ni bangi').

Central bank