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Bongo flava

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 1 definition
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Bongo flava (Tanzania music)

"TZ bongo flava (Tanzanian music)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Bongo Flava 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Muziki wa Tanzania (Tanzanian music)

"Bongo Flava inaamsha hisia za ukweli (Bongo Flava awakens true emotions)"
Bongo lala 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Sleepy/tired brain (bongo = brain, lala = sleep). Used when someone isn’t thinking straight out of fatigue.

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Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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Bongo Flava 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Muziki wa Tanzania (Tanzanian music)

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