Post by Harry Agina (@HarryAgina)

Afro-Scope Presrnts:
AFROLINGUISTIC ETYMOLOGY BY ASMAU SULEIMAN, FEATURING "ZOMBIE" FROM WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN BANTU LANGUAGE
(July 11, 2026)

Greetings!
I am Harry Agina with the Afro-Scope Project, where we Beam The African Ways Of Life To The World. It's time again for our beautiful, poetically philosophical, or philosophical poetic etymologist, Asmau Suleiman, with our etymology African word of the day. But before Asmau, I have a little prologue for ya.

Today's word has long been in all mainstream dictionaries, including Oxford and Merriam-Webster English dictionaries. I am willing to bet anything that a majority of our global audiences, White, Black, or Brown, are unaware of its African origin. That was over two centuries ago, as far back as 1788.

Yeah, I know, I'm beating about the bush, right? Okay, why don't I just hand you over to Asmau at this point to hit the nail on the head for ya. Here you go:

Hi. I'm Asma Suleiman. At the Afro-Scope Project, we put you in the know of African words that are making waves in the world, and they refuse to die.

Today's word — ZOMBIE — started its journey from West and Central Africa. If you join me through this link, we shall embark on the journey together: https://afro-scope.com/2026/07/13/afrolinguistic-etymology-by-asmau-suleiman-featuring-zombie-from-west-and-central-african-bantu-language/

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