Malgan

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Assets

e.g.

Hii malgan/mbegega iko tiffin

This asset is good

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July 23, 2026

Heritage Day

September 24

Public holiday

Heritage Day

Originally known as Shaka Day, it was renamed Heritage Day and included in the Public Holidays Bill presented to the Parliament of South Africa in 1995.

South Africa

Traditional observances

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Ma’di

Nyemu

Come

e.g.

Nyemu ovu linya ga

Come let's go for food.

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August 29, 2025

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Chieu chung chiewo chiege chiege chung chwako chai chai chiek chieng chiro

Dholuo (Kenya)

Submitted by Nyotuoro · Kenya

Translation: Porcupine wakes up, wakes up the wife and the wife makes tea which becomes ready on market day.

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Nigerian Pidgin

Been

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

Today in African History

September 24, 2026

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Sep 24

1957 — President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
1906 — Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
2015 — Burkina Faso's interim President Michel Kafando is re-instated a week after a military coup.
2008 — Kgalema Motlanthe is elected as the Third President of South Africa by the National Assembly.