English words from Swahili
- shauriA consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.
- shenziA barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans)
- shiftaoutlaw, bandit
- shilingiA unit of currency in East Africa, currently only in use by Tanzania, and divided into 100 senti.
- shukaA sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
- siafuAn army ant.
- suferiaA type of cooking pot popular in East Africa.
- sufuriaA deep metal cooking pot with a flat base and no handles.
- sukuma wikiAn East African dish of greens (especially collard greens) simmered with tomatoes.
- taarabA genre of music popular in Tanzania and Kenya, influenced by the music of cultures with a historical presence in East Africa.
- ugaliAfrican cornmeal porridge
- unyagoIn Swahili culture, a set of rituals that use music and dance to celebrate the coming of age of girls, teaching them about sex and conjugal life.
- utamarohoA culture's vital energy, which gives it its emotional tone and motivates collective behavior.
- utamawazoculturally structured thought or worldview
- WakwafiA group of the Maasai people.
- WazalendoA coalition of rebels operating in the Kivu region
- wimbifinger millet, Eleusine coracana.
- zezeA stringed instrument of sub-Saharan Africa.
- zilizopendwaA genre of urban East African music recorded in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.