Some songs had African words that had been eroded by time.

The term gumbo comes from the African word for okra, so you should at least expect that essential ingredient.

Another theory links the name to African words like "muserengue" or "tamtam mouringue".

Soon, with some African word, equivalent to pshaw, he tossed the knot overboard.

Sweet potatoes have always been called yams in the South, a name that comes from an African word, name, but they are not the same.

He called it Amachi, a South African word that means "who knows but what God has brought us through this child."

And he thinks to himself "how nice it was that there was no African word for I'm sorry."

The lyrics do not have a meaning, because it consists of a mixture of local, neighbouring and some African words.

"Are you aware that gumbo is the African word for okra?"

These terms originate mainly from various European, Asian and African words.