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Discover, learn, and preserve African languages, history, and culture - one word and story at a time.


  • Word of the day

Tikina piyo

Give me water

e.g.

Tikina piyo na momoto

en  

Give me drinking water



Chibage

Maize

e.g.
ndodja chibage
en  
i eat maize


Kuvoya

To borrow or pray

e.g.

Wavoya jeso spate muche mudzo 

en  

He prayed to the Lord for a good wife.


Today in African History

May 24, 2023
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Today in History - May 24, 2023
May 24
  • 1939 - Otto Beit Bridge, connecting Zimbabwe and Zambia over the Limpopo River, is opened.
  • 2018 - South Africa becomes home to the world's most powerful wide-view visible light deep space telescope.
  • 1921 - About 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  • 1993 - Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after a 30-year civil war.

Ekenyamnyonge

Squirrel

e.g.

Ekenyamnyonge kemenyete ase risiko ria baba kiarete chichugu aanekerete isiko

en  

The squirrel that lives in my grandma's compound took the groundnuts she had put out to dry



Nek

Murder

e.g.

Wach mar nek mar Pendo omako obila ma Kisumu.

en  

The police in Kisumu have been caught up in the murder case of Pendo.


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