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1st AFRICAN SPELLING BEE WORDS: Words used in English from African origins

Posted by Roger Dickinson on 18 July 2016 11:55 AM CAT
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WORDS USED IN THIS SECTION ARE FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES USED IN SPOKEN ENGLISH AND FOUND IN ENGLISH DICTIONARIES

Merengue

Tsotsi 

Assegai

Askari

Boerewors

Gerenuk

haboob

Goober

Kwashiorkor

Basenji

Bedouin

Sahel

Macaque

Dua

Keitloa

 

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