Dictionary

danfo en · NOUN

Etymology

From Yoruba dáńfó.

Meanings

1. (Nigeria) Synonym of shared taxi, especially a minibus operated as a shared taxi.
   • 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. 2011, Emeke Obi, Bond of Three, →ISBN, page 123:
   • 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.” 2015, Tade Thompson, Making Wolf, →ISBN:
   • "You crazy? Look where you day go, you bloody fool!" the man screamed at me as he shoved me into the path of a danfo which barely missed me. The bus conductor, who was standing on the steps of the danfo, leaned over, struck me on the side of my head, and gave me another shove that sent me back on the sidewalk into a final collision course with yet another pedestrian. 2010, Love P. Maya, Off The Village Mat, →ISBN, page 75:
   • The bus ride to the city was another three hours. It would likely have just been two had not the danfo broken down twice. 2016, Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game, →ISBN, page 82:
   • 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. 2017, Arnd Schneider, Alternative Art and Anthropology: Global Encounters, →ISBN, page 39:

Forms

Synonyms

shared taxi