Abi: Nigerian slang for ‘is that not so?’
Akara: fried bean cake
Akpeteshie: local gin
Akrantie: grasscutter
Ampe: local game played by Ghanaian girls
Ampesi: boiled yam and plantain
Anago: Ghanaian slang for Nigerians
Aprapransa: meal made by cooking roast milled corn flour in palm soup or stew
Banku: meal made from cooking corn and cassava dough
Borboy: errand boy
Charley wotes: flip-flops
Diehuro: Akan for Tuo zaafi
Eyɛ ma wo w’ahu?: things are going well for you, aren’t they?
Ebunuebunu: soup made from cocoyam leaves
Fufu: meal made by pounding boiled plantain and cassava
Gari: roast grated flakes of cassava
Gyae mmoasɛm no: Stop being silly. Literally stop behaving like an animal.
Jollof: dish made from boiling rice in meat or fish stew
Kaakyire: last born
Kaba and slit: traditional female attire consisting of blouse and full length skirt
Kelewele: fried spicy cubes of plantain
Kenkey: meal made from first boiling and then steaming corn dough
Kontomire: cocoyam leaves
Koobi: salted sundried tilapia fish
Moin moin: Nigerian meal of steamed bean cakes
Nkatecake: sweet made from roast groundnuts and sugar syrup
Nyanfu nyanfu: plenty plenty
Okyeame: linguist
Osofo Maame: a pastor’s wife
Ɔtɔ: mashed boiled yam mixed with palm oil and eaten with eggs and groundnuts
Palaver sauce: sauce made from cocoyam leaves
Pastco: past examination questions
Red red: boiled beans with palm oil and fried ripe plantain
Sika eduro: money obtained by using human blood or body parts for rituals
Shaki: Nigerian for cooked cattle or sheep intestine
Shitɔ: hot spicy pepper sauce
Susu box: piggy bank
Times tables: multiplication tables
Trotro: commercial bus
Tuo zaafi: meal similar to banku made from millet
Waakye: dish of boiled rice and beans. Eaten with salad, gari, spaghetti and fish or meat stew
Wele: cooked cow hide