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buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar. china – friend, mate (from Cockney rhyming slang china [plate] = "mate"). chow – to eat; coaster – a state of affairs that surpasses cool; pom – name for an English person originating from England; shab short for shebeen.
BBC News Pidgin is an online news service in West African Pidgin English that was launched by the BBC World Service in 2017. [1] [2] It is based in Lagos, Nigeria.[1]Pidgin, first used by British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century, has become one of the most widely spoken languages in West Africa, with up to 75 million speakers in Nigeria alone.
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Business Africa: Weekly 8-minute roundup on business news and markets in Africa and worldwide, live Thursday nights at 8:15 (with repeats till 11:15 then Friday lunchtime and weekend); Football Planet: Weekly 10-minute roundup on football news in Africa and Europe, live Monday nights at 8:15 (with repeats till 11:15 then Tuesday lunchtime);
Not eating breakfast can also lead to overindulging later in the day if excessive hunger makes controlling your appetite difficult, Arévalo said. READ MORE: The foods you should eat to jump-start ...
One Nigerian TikToker, who has 1.5 million TikTok followers, is addressing useless African stereotypes on the platform.
Focus on Africa is a BBC news programme broadcast on the international feed of the BBC News channel, and on local partner channels of the BBC in African countries. [1] The programme was presented by Komla Dumor each weekday from its inception until his sudden death, aged 41, in January 2014. [ 2 ]
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