Bongo

🇹🇿 Tanzania
Added July 17, 2025
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Dar es Salaam; street smart
"Mimi ni bongo (I'm from Dar)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 03, 2025
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Nickname for Dar es Salaam or Tanzania in general (literally “brains,” implying you need brains to survive there).
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · July 17, 2025
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Originally meaning “brain,” Bongo is slang for Dar es Salaam or Tanzania in general – implying one must have brains to survive there.
"“Ili uishi Bongo lazima uwe mjanja” (“To live in Bongo you must be clever”)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · July 27, 2025
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Originally meaning brain, Bongo is slang for Dar es Salaam or Tanzania in general – implying one must have brains to survive there
"Ili uishi Bongo lazima uwe mjanja (To live in Bongo you must be clever)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 03, 2025
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Ainsi/donc (Thus/therefore)
"Bongo, totika likambo (So, let's leave the matter)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 08, 2025
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Donc, alors (So, therefore)
"Bongo, tokende wapi? (So, where are we going?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 09, 2025
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Cerveau, intelligence (Brain, intelligence) - slang
"Tumia bongo (Use your brain)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 09, 2025
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Famille présidentielle (Presidential family)
"Les Bongo ont régné longtemps. (The Bongos ruled for a long time.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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Muziki wa Tanzania (Tanzanian music)
"Bongo flava (Bongo flava)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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Tanzania/nchi yetu (Tanzania/our country)
"Maisha ya Bongo ni magumu lakini tunasonga (Life in Bongo is hard but we're moving forward)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 21, 2025
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