List of English words of African origin

This is a list of English language words that come from any of the sub-Saharan African languages. It excludes placenames.
*banana - West African
*banjo
*chimpanzee - Bantu
*cola as in Coca Cola
*coffee - disputed; either from the Ethiopian region/Kingdom of Kaffa, where coffee originated, or Arabic kahwa
*jazz
*jumbo - Swahili
*juju - (Yoruba) (West Africa)
*impala
*marimba
*mamba
*mojo
*okra
*safari - from Swahili travel, ultimately from Arabic
*tango
*voodoo - West African Vodun
*yam - West African
*zebra
*zombie - West African

See also

*Some Bantu Words in Popular Culture
*List of Spanish words of African origin