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1. 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....
2. bundu, n. View full entry 1946
...A remote rural region; the wilds; = the back of beyondbeyond2. Also attrib....
3. cedi, n. View full entry 1965
...The basic monetary unit of Ghana, equivalent to 100 pesewas....
4. harambee, n. View full entry 1963
...Pulling or working together; co-operation; the slogan of the Kanu government of Kenya at the time of independence. Also attrib....
5. Hutu, n. View full entry 1959
...The name of a Bantu people which forms the majority of the population of Rwanda and of Burundi; one of these people. Also attrib. or as ...
6. khanga, n. View full entry 1967
...In East Africa, a fabric printed in various colours and designs with borders, used esp. for women's clothing....
7. lilangeni, n. View full entry 1974
...The basic monetary unit of Swaziland, equal to 100 cents; also, a coin or note of this value....
8. mbalax, n. View full entry 1986
...A type of Senegalese rhythm, used as the basis of much Senegalese popular music; (also) music incorporating this rhythm, in which all instruments play in a percussive style....
9. ngege, n. View full entry 1928
...A cichlid fish, Oreochromis esculentus, endemic to Lake Victoria in East Africa, formerly much caught for food but now scarce and endangered....
10. Osagyefo, n. View full entry 1960
...Freq. with the. A name for: Kwame Nkrumah (190972), first prime minister of the Gold Coast (19527) and of Ghana (195760),...
11. pesewa, n. View full entry 1963
...A monetary unit of Ghana, introduced in 1965 and equivalent to one hundredth of a cedi....
12. saza, n. View full entry 1950
...In Uganda: an administrative area; a county....
13. sengi, n. View full entry 1967
...In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and subsequently Zaire: a monetary unit introduced in 1967, equal to 100 makuta (see likuta)....
14. simi, n. View full entry 1955
...In East Africa: a large knife; a short two-edged sword (see also quot. 1980)....
15. Uhuru, n. View full entry 1961
...National independence of an African country, spec. Kenya....
