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Olu’bo

Itu

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Evening

e.g.

ELLE AKE ITU RI SI

Elle comes in the evening

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August 15, 2026

Botswana Day

September 30

Public holiday

Botswana Day

Marks Botswana's independence from Britain on September 30, 1966.

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Olu’bo

Mi, ami,

You, your

e.g.

Mi ru adi

What is your name

By Ladu

August 14, 2026

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Rao luor liel liel luor rao

Dholuo (Kenya)

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Translation: Hippopotamus go round the grave the grave go round the hippopotamus.

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Suba

-ruru

Bitter

e.g.

Omuthi eratharukia eruru.

Eriogo eratharukia eriruru.

The medicine tastes bitter.

By Mwawi

February 26, 2023

Today in African History

September 30, 2026

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Sep 30

1919 — The Elaine massacre in Arkansas commences.
1927 — South Africa's Immorality Act goes into effect, prohibiting extramarital sex between white and black persons.
1947 — The 1947 World Series begins, the first to include an African-American player.
1966 — Botswana achieves independence from Britain.

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Nigerian Pidgin

Been/bin

Indicates past tense

Breakdown: Been is commonly used for past tense. Adding it to a verb turns the verb into past tense. Eg "dey" represents is/am/are, was/were now becomes "been dey"

e.g.

I been dey sleep when you been call me

I was asleep when you called me

By Mercy Ubughenaan Okuru