Browse African Slang

Bar DJ

Slang verb for “to eat” (comes from French *dame* in checkers meaning “to take”). Youth say “faire damage” to mean chow ...

Dance club

Ancestral dance

Dentist

Dermatologist

Last minute

Congolese diaspora

Numérique (Digital) - English

Entreprise dépassée (Outdated company) - metaphor

Degree without job

Tell hard truths

Discrimination

Digital distribution

Borrowed from Ivorian slang (with roots in Mandé languages), un djo means a cool guy, player, or dude. In Bamako you mig...

Neighborhood doctor

Dollarisation (Dollarization) - French

Donation (Donation) - French

Encourage

Modern dowry

Symbolic dowry

Traditional dowry

Family dowry

Dowry ceremony

Second job

Dredge

Copyright

Deforestation

Waste

Rights defender

Massive deforestation

Hurry

Stock clearance

Detour

Slang for *chikwangue* (cassava bread), but youth might call a bulky, dull person “duma” jokingly.