Danfo

Quick meaning: Danfo is a noun meaning (Nigeria) Synonym of shared taxi, especially a minibus operated as a shared taxi.

Meaning

(Nigeria) Synonym of shared taxi, especially a minibus operated as a shared taxi.

Example Sentences

The bus ride to the city was another three hours. It would likely have just been two had not the danfo broken down twice.

Danfo were classier and more expensive than bolekaja. Almost every danfo was painted yellow and on the side of the driver's door, in black, was “driver and 2 passengers.”

Daring the consequence and to maintain his earlier position ahead of Adekunle, the danfo driver could have gone ahead to attempt hitting Adekunle's car. Danfo bus drivers often behaved that way.

Ogboh has also focused critical attention on the familiar avatars of Lagos in popular imagination as visual signifiers that also drive its soundscapes, such as the ubiquitous yellow commercial kombi buses, popularly called danfo. The typical danfo is a VW transporter bus, painted in cadmium yellow with two black stripes.

Word Forms

• danfos

Related Words

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