How to Say Goodbye in Africa

Since there are thousands of languages spoken in Africa, this list is far from exhaustive. Listed are the languages that are most likely to help you across each country.

How to Say Goodbye In:

Angola
Portuguese: Adeus/Tchau

Botswana
Setswana: sala sentle/tsamaya sentle
English: Goodbye

Burkina Faso
French: Au revoir
Dioula: an-beng

Cameroon
French: Au revoir
English: Good bye (in the west of Cameroon)

Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
French: Au revoir
Dioula: an-beng

Egypt
Arabic: bessalama
English: Goodbye

Ethiopia
Amharic: teanastellen
English: Goodbye

Gabon
French: Au revoir

Ghana
Twi: mah krow
Ga: bye bye (spoken in the capital Accra)
Hausa: sai wani lookachi (spoken in northern Ghana)
English: Goodbye

Kenya
Swahili: Kwaheri
English: Goodbye

Lesotho
South Sotho: Tsamaea hantle
English: Goodbye

Libya
Arabic: bessalama

Madagascar
Malagasy: Veloma
French: Au revoir

Malawi
Chichewa: Pitani bwino/tionana
English: Goodbye

Mali
French: Au revoir
Bambara: kan-beng
Tamashek: harr sad(Tuareg language)

Mauritania
Arabic: bessalama
Hassaniya: sa-la-mah ah-lay-kum

Morocco
Arabic: bessalama
French: Au revoir

Mozambique
Portuguese: Adeus/Tchau

Namibia
Afrikaans: Totsiens
Damara/Nama: !gaise hare'!gure (spoken in the south and southeast)
Himba: Kara/kari nawa (spoken in the north central and northwest)
English: Goodbye

Nigeria
Hausa: sai wani lookachi
Igbo: kay may see ah(southeastern Nigeria)
Yoruba: oh dah-boh
English: Goodbye
French: Au revoir

Rwanda
French: Au revoir

Senegal
French: Au revoir
Fulfulde: nalleen e jamm
Diola: ukatura
Wolof: ba beneen

Sierra Leone
Krio: We go si bak

South Africa
Zulu: Sala kahle
Xhosa: Sala kakuhle
Afrikaans: Totsiens
English: Goodbye
Tsonga: Mifaba kahle/ Misala kahle

Sudan
Arabic: bessalama

Swaziland
Swati: Sala kahle
English: Goodbye

Tanzania
Swahili: Kwaheri
English: Goodbye

Togo
French: Au revoir

Tunisia
French: Au revoir
Arabic: bessalama

Uganda
Swahili: Kwaheri
English: Goodbye

Zambia
English: Goodbye
Bemba: Shalapo

Zimbabwe
English: Goodbye
Shona: Chisarai zvakanaka
Ndebele: Lisale kuhle