Browse African Slang

Fixed-term job (Contractual)

Group savings/Pool (Collective fund)

Means crazy or foolish.

Prepare meal (Make dinner)

Restaurant/Food stall (Eatery)

Right/Accurate (That's right)

Refers to rural areas outside Monrovia.

Traditional fabric/Attire (Native wear)

Traditional mask dancer (Cultural performer)

Traditional healer/Herbalist (Medicine man)

Rural person/Traditional (Villager)

Relatives/Family (Extended family)

Local rice variety (Indigenous rice)

Traditional medicine/Herbs (Traditional healing)

Cow hoof dish (Cow foot)

Memorize/Study hard (Intensive study)

In Liberian usage, it specifically means 'mourning'. If someone is wearing black and not eating much, people say 'He's c...

Baby movement/Creeping (Crawling)

Mad/Insane (Crazy)

Make employment (Create work)

Send airtime/Money (Transfer credit)

Savings group/Susu (Cooperative)

Dishonest/Crooked (Shady)

Like romantically (Have feelings)

Shed tears/Weep (Cry)

Ocean waves/Tide (Sea current)

Reject/Avoid (Curve)

Give dirty look (Glare)

Machete/Blade (Farm knife)

To carry wahala (Action phrase)

To catch problem (Action phrase)

cold situation/matter (Description)