Browse African Slang

Forced diet

Involuntary diet

Accepting diversity in identity

Divisão digital (Digital divide)

Online storyteller

Nômade digital (Digital nomad)

Human dignity

Intact dignity

Dignidade (Dignity)

Pessoa livre/nobre Fula (Free/noble Fula person)

Air money

Ghost money

Dream money

Wind money

Decorative diploma

Decoration diploma

Education without job prospects

Life diploma

Street smarts over formal education

Future diploma

Life diploma

Depois (Later)

Ignored legal protections

Ghost rights

Paper rights

Respected rights

Diretor chato (Annoying principal)

Discoteca (Disco/Club)

Desculpa de bêbado (Drunk excuse)

Diversity strength

Dívida mata (Debt kills)

Desenvolvimento (Development)

Desigualdade (Inequality)

Jaca/Fruta-pão (Jackfruit)

Paz em Fula (Peace in Fula)

Modern take on traditional celebration music

Traditional healer using modern methods

I ten korda (I'm awake/alert)

Jogar bola (Play football)

Cerimônia tradicional (Traditional ceremony)

Gesto de chamar (Calling gesture)

Jogo de criança (Children's game)

Jogo limpo (Clean game)

A Creole term for a chat, hangout or informal gathering. To 'make djumbai' is to sit and talk in a friendly circle. It's...

Reunião/Rezar juntos (Meeting/Pray together)

Documento (Document)

Caçador Mandinka (Mandinka hunter)

Dor de barriga (Stomach ache)

Dor de cabeça (Headache)

Self-diagnosis using internet