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  • Word of the day

Come

e.g.

Bé tē

en  

Come here



Kumi

kumi

e.g.

Nigulili samaki kumi

sw  

Nimenunua samaki kumi



Chadokera

Pancreas-organ in the abdomen

e.g.

Chadokera cha gonzi ni kibomu.

en  

A sheep's pancreas is big.


Today in African History

June 16, 2023
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Today in History - June 16, 2023
Jun 16
  • 1913 - South African Government pass the segregationist Native Land Act restricting the purchase or lease of land by Native Africans.
  • 1999 - Thabo Mbeki is elected the second President of a democratic South Africa.
  • 1997 – Fifty people are killed and women kidnapped in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
  • 1976 - Soweto uprising: South African police shoot protesting Soweto students opposing Afrikaans as an instruction language in Black schools.

Kinamgulu

Mongoose

e.g.

Kinamgula kilidha dhingoko

en  

A mongoose eats chicken



Mbake

tobacco

e.g.

hee mbake

en  

give me some tobacco


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