Date and time notation in Africa
Date and time notation in Africa describes how date and time are counted all over the African continent and nations
East Africa
Time
For multi-lingual speakers in East Africa, the convention is to use the time system applicable to the language one happens to be speaking at the time. A person speaking of an early morning event in English would report that it happened at eight o'clock. However, in repeating the same facts in Swahili, one would state that the events occurred at saa mbili ('two hours').[1][2]
The Ganda form, ssawa bbiri, is equivalent to the Swahili in that it means literally 'two hours'.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Erickson, Helen L. and Marianne Gustafsson, "TIME - KISWAHILI GRAMMAR NOTES - Time: Saa Ngapi?"[permanent dead link], The Kamusi Project - The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, Yale Program in African Languages
- ^ Ali, Hassan O., "Useful Swahili Words: Time", Swahili Language & Culture.
- ^ Chesswas, J. D. (1963) Essentials of Luganda. Oxford University Press
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Date and time notation in Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
other territories
- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)