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1. abakwetha, adj. and n. View full entry 1846
...Of or relating to the traditional initiation period or ritual symbolizing passage into manhood among Xhosas....
2. abatagati, n. View full entry 1859
...With pl. concord. Esp. among the Nguni peoples: witches or wizards as a class; practitioners of evil magic. Cf. umtagati1....
3. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
4. abeng, n. View full entry 1890
...A type of bugle made from a cow horn, used by the maroons as a musical instrument and to send signals....
5. accra, n. View full entry 1864
...W. Afr. and Caribbean. A ball-shaped fritter or sautéed patty of seasoned mashed beans, esp. black-eyed peas. In early use freq. in accra cake....
6. Acholi, n. and adj. View full entry 1874
...A member of a farming and pastoral people of northern Uganda and southern Sudan; the Nilotic language of this people....
7. adinkra, n. View full entry 1895
...A type of stamped cloth worn in Ghana, esp. during mourning. Also: any of numerous symbolic geometrical patterns typical of this cloth....
8. agbada, n. View full entry 1852
...A long, wide-sleeved flowing gown, often embroidered, worn by men in parts of West Africa, esp. Nigeria....
9. agidi, n. View full entry 1853
...A gelatinous starchy food made by boiling a paste of (fermented) maize meal or flour....
10. agogo, n. View full entry 1889
...A handbell of West African origin, consisting of two or more joined cones struck with a stick or rod, used as a percussion instrument in African and Latin rituals and music....
11. Akan, n. and adj. View full entry 1849
...A member of any of a group of West African peoples mainly inhabiting Ghana and the Ivory Coast....
12. Alafin, n. View full entry 1874
...The political leader (formerly the king) of the Yoruba people of Oyo state in south-western Nigeria (see Yoruba). Also as a title. Cf. Oba...
13. amadumbi, n. View full entry 1851
...= madumbi...
14. amakwetha, n. View full entry 1833
...= abakwetha1....
15. Amandebele, n. and adj. View full entry 1872
...= Ndebele...
16. Amangqika, n. View full entry c1847
...With pl. concord. Ngqika people collectively (see Ngqika)....
17. amapakati, n. View full entry 1833
...With sing. and pl. concord. In traditional Nguni societies: the council or inner circle of advisers of a chief or other eminent person; the members of this council,...
18. amatagati, n. View full entry 1852
...= abatagati Cf. umtagati1....
19. Americani, n. View full entry 1881
...A kind of (inferior, typically unbleached) cotton cloth, originally as exported by American traders to East Africa. Cf. Merikani, American cloth(b)American3a....
20. angareb | angareeb | angarep, n. View full entry 1867
...A stretcher or light bedstead used by the Arabs, and in Egypt and the Sudan....
