List of English words of African origin banana West African, possibly Wolof banana bogus Hausa boko-boko meaning fake or fraudulent bongo West African boungu bozo stupid, West African boogie Wolof or Sierra Leone, to dance buckra from Efik and Ibibio mbakara "white man or person"[1] chigger possibly from Wolof and Yoruba jiga "insect") chimpanzee The name is derived from a Tshiluba language term "kivili-chimpenze", which is the local name for the animal and translates loosely as "mockman" or possibly just "ape".[2] cola from West African languages (Temne kola, Mandinka kolo) dig, in sense of understand or appreciate from Wolof dega djembe from West African languages hip from Wolof hipi and hepicat, one with eyes open[dubious discuss] jazz from West African languages (Mandinka jasi, Temne yas) jive possibly from Wolof jev juke, jukebox possibly from Wolof and Bambara dzug through Gullah kwashiorkor from Ga language, Coastal Ghana meaning "swollen stomach" mambo possibly West African through Haitian Creole Marmbula, plucked musical instrument (lamellophone) of the Caribbean islands merengue (dance) possibly from Fulani mererek i meaning to shake or quiver mumbo jumbo- from mandigo name Maamajombo, a masked dancer mojo from Fula moco'o "medicine man" through Louisiana Creole French or Gullah obeah from West African (Efik ubio, Twi ebayifo) okay disputed origins, likely influenced by Wolof waw-kay [3] okra from Igbo kr samba from an African language through Brazilian Portuguese[4][5][6] sambo Fula sambo meaning "uncle" tango probably from Ibibio tamgu tote West African via Gullah voodoo from West African languages (Ewe and Fon vodu "spirit") yam West African (Fula nyami, Twi anyinam)Words of Bantu origin banjo probably Bantu mbanza basenji breed of dog from the Congo boma probably from Swahili bwana from Swahili, meaning an important person or safari leader chimpanzee Bantu chimpenze, from nchima ("blue monkey") and mzee "respectable gentleman" [clarification needed] dengue possibly from Swahili dinga fundi from Ndebele, Xhosa, or Zulu umfundi "disciple, learner, craftsman" funk from kikongo lu-fuki "bad body odor" gnu from Bushman !nu through Khoikhoi i-ngu and Dutch gnoe goober possibly from Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundu nguba) gumbo from Bantu (Kimbundu ngombo meaning "okra") impala from Zulu im-pala impi from Zulu language meaning war, battle or a regiment indaba from Xhosa or Zulu languages 'stories' or 'news' typically conflated with 'meeting' (often used in South African English) jumbo from Swahili (jambo or jumbe or from Kongo nzamba "elephant") kalimba Kwanzaa from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits". lapa from Sotho languages enclosure or barbecue area (often used in South African English) macaque from Bantu makaku through Portuguese and French mamba from Zulu or Swahili mamba marimba from Bantu (Kimbundu and Swahili marimba, malimba) okapi from a language in the Congo safari from Swahili travel, ultimately from Arabic sangoma from Zulu traditional healer (often used in South African English) Tilapia Possibly a latinization "thiape", the Tswana word for fish.[7] tsetse from a Bantu language (Tswana tsetse, Luhya tsiisi) ubuntu African ideology, from the saying "umuntu ngumuntu ngaBantu" "a human is a human through humans" Bantu languages vuvuzela musical instrument, name of Zulu or Nguni origin zebra possibly from a language in the Congo zombie Central African (Kikongo zumbi, Kimbundu nzambi)