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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. 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....
3. 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....
4. Amandebele, n. and adj. View full entry 1872
...= Ndebele...
5. babalaas, adj. and n. View full entry 1947
...Suffering from a hangover, hung-over....
6. Baganda, n. and adj. View full entry 1889
...An African people of Buganda, a province of Uganda on the north-western shore of Lake Victoria....
7. Bantu, adj. and n. View full entry 1862
...Of or relating to an extensive group of black African peoples inhabiting the equatorial and southern regions of Africa, and of the languages spoken by them....
8. Bapedi, n. and adj. View full entry 1835
...= Pedi2. Cf. Mopedi...
9. Barolong, adj. and n. View full entry 1802
...= Rolong Cf. Morolong...
10. Basotho, n. and adj. View full entry 1835
...A member of a Bantu people of central southern Africa; (subsequently) a citizen or inhabitant of Lesotho (formerly Basutoland). Cf. Mosotho...
11. Batswana, n. and adj. View full entry 1894
...With pl. concord. The Tswana people of central southern Africa, regarded collectively; (also) inhabitants of Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland), Botswanans. Cf. Bechuana, Motswana, Tswana2....
12. Chewa, n. and adj. View full entry 1887
...A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique....
13. Chichewa, n. and adj. View full entry 1937
...The Bantu language of the Chewa people; (also, esp. in Malawi) the group of Bantu languages comprising this language, Nyasa, and Manganja, = Nyanja2....
14. dika, adj. View full entry 1859
...In dika-bread, a vegetable substance somewhat resembling cocoa, prepared from the fruit of a West African species of mango-tree (Mangifera gabonensis). dika-fat, dika-oil, the...
15. Dinka, n. and adj. View full entry 1861
...A member of a Sudanese people or their language; collect., this people....
16. Efik, n. and adj. View full entry 1849
...A southern Nigerian language of the Benue-Congo family....
17. Ewe, adj. and n.3 View full entry 1861
...Of or relating to a black people of West Africa or their language....
18. Fante, n. and adj. View full entry 1819
...An Akan language of the Niger-Congo family, of Ghana and parts of Côte d'Ivoire, with approx. two million speakers. Also called Mfantse. Also attrib....
19. Fulani, n. and adj. View full entry 1855
...= Fulah; spec. the Fulah of northern Nigeria and adjacent territories....
20. Ganda, n. and adj. View full entry 1891
...= Luganda...
