Browse African Slang

Electricity company/Power (Electric company)

Various uses: as 'is/are' or to emphasize negation (like 'not'). E.g. It na easy (It's not easy), I na coming (I'm not c...

Not easy/Serious (No joke/Significant)

Baby naming/Christening (Naming ceremony)

Country benefit (National interest)

Country oneness (National unity)

Indigenous/Local (Native)

Traditional physician (Herbalist)

Need feel place (Expression)

Require/Want (Need it)

Neighboring house/Adjacent (Next door)

Avoid conflict (No violence)

Absolutely nothing

Means 'not much' or 'no big deal.'

Busy/Rushed (No time)

'No trouble,' borrowed from Nigerian Pidgin, but Liberians also say no fuss or no palava. It means no worries.

No/Negative (Nah)

Nothing new/Same (Nothing unusual)

new situation/matter (Description)