Dau

Money, cash

e.g.

Mboka siku zombo , lazima maziwa tuiwai

Always work; we must get the money.

By Anonymous

September 24, 2026

Armed Forces Day

September 25

Public holiday

Armed Forces Day

Marks the start of the Mozambican War of Independence in 1964.

Mozambique

Traditional observances

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Nigerian Pidgin

Bin

Indicates past tense

Breakdown: Been is commonly used for past tense. Adding it to a verb turns the verb into past tense. Eg "dey" represents is/am/are, was/were now becomes "been dey"

e.g.

I been dey sleep when you been call me

I was asleep when you called me

By Mercy Ubughenaan Okuru

July 23, 2026

Challenge Your Tongue

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Okello okalo kaa ga kala min okello penjo ni ere Kaka okello nyalo kelo kalo ka ga kala

Dholuo (Kenya)

Submitted by Nyotuoro · Kenya

Translation: Okello and his antics

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Nigerian Pidgin

Rainbow

e.g.

U no see that rainbow

Didn't you see that rainbow

By Anonymous

June 22, 2026

Today in African History

September 25, 2026

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Sep 25

1962 — The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed, with Ferhat Abbas elected President of the provisional government.
1957 — Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
2011 — Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist and activist and the first Black African woman to win a Nobel Prize, dies.
1936 — Moussa Traore, the second President of Mali, is born.