African Tea: A typical African drink. It is made from black tea with spices and milk. In many countries, this tea is the favorite and often the only drink that is consumed.
Backpacking: This refers to a way of traveling that allows you to see much more of a country and its culture than if you book a conventional package holiday. In addition, backpackers usually stay at the same place only for a short time to see as much as possible of the country. Also they mostly travel by public transport or they sometimes hitchhike. Many backpackers travel on a budget and for a long time. The journey is organized individually.
Boda-Boda: This is a very common public transport in Uganda and some other African countries. This refers to a motorcycle taxi, whose driver you simply beckon over on the road. They are quite cheap, but their safety factor is controversial.
Chapati: A typical East African flatbread made from wheat flour, salt, water, and some oil.
Couchsurfing: A website based on hospitality and cultural exchange. Here you can find free accommodation or host travelers in your own home.
Dalla-Dalla: That is the name of the public minibuses in Tanzania. They run on fixed routes and usually leave only when they are completely full or even overcrowded.
Hostel: The hostel is an accommodation that is mainly used by backpackers or individual travelers. Cheap beds are usually offered in large shared rooms. Hostels often have a shared kitchen and other common rooms.
Lonely Planet: One of the most popular travel guides among backpackers.
Maasai: An East African population group, which is located in parts of Kenya and Tanzania. The Maasai were originally nomads, but today are mostly sedentary. They still lead a very traditional life.
Matatu: Is the same as the Dalla-Dalla, except that in Uganda and Kenya it is called Matatu.
Matoke: One of the national dishes of Uganda. Matoke consists of cooking plantains that are wrapped in banana leaves and then steamed for a few hours. Thereafter, the plantains are mashed to a pulp.
Muzungu: This is how foreigners and white-skinned people are named in many African countries.
Nsima: see Posho
Pap: see Posho
Papa: see Posho
Posho: Probably the most widespread dish in Uganda, as well as, other African countries, where it has a different name. In principle, it is cornmeal porridge. It is on the daily menu and tastes a bit boring in my opinion, since it is not even spiced – but you get used to it. Among the locals, this porridge is so popular because it is cheap, and one gets full from it.
Stand-by medication: Drugs for emergency self-treatment of malaria. Stand-by therapy is started when you develop malaria symptoms such as high fever. A doctor's visit is still necessary.
TIA – This is Africa: This saying is heard all too often in Africa - both from locals, and also from other travelers. It is used when something is different, more complicated, slower, etc. than in other places in the world. So it should be called "typically African".
Ugali: see Posho