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noundiamba (uncountable)
- Africauncountablemarijuana
They are much addicted to smoking diamba, but many of the other Africans at Sierra Leone likewise indulge in it.
1863, Robert Clarke, “Sketches of the Colony of Sierra Leone and its Inhabitants”, in Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 2, page 3571 more example
On his safe return, loaded with the white man's things, Kishimbu ascribed his good fortune to the inspiration of diamba-smoke. He advised all his people to adopt diamba smoking as a national custom […]
1893, Heli Chatelain, “Bantu Notes and Vocabularies”, in Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, volume 25, number 4, page 521
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