Boda-Boda (or bodaboda) - originally a bicycle taxi in East Africa (from English border-border). The bicycle rider can also be called boda-boda. This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... East Africa is a region generally considered to include: Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Tanzania Uganda Burundi, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Sudan are sometimes considered a part of East Africa. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Bicycles in Use and Type of Work

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In many East African and Central African cities and villages, professional bodaboda taxi-drivers are common. Bodaboda organisations have been founded in many towns. They help to minimise the risks (dangerous driving, badly maintained bikes) by registering and licencing their members. East Africa is a region generally considered to include: Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Tanzania Uganda Burundi, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Sudan are sometimes considered a part of East Africa. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

on the way to the village

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Origin

The boda-boda taxis are part of the African bicycle culture, they started in the 1960s and 1970s and are still spreading from their origin on the Kenyan - Ugandan border to other regions. The name originated from when people traveling between the border posts in Busia (Uganda) and Malaba (Kenya) would take a bicycle taxi. The bicycle owners would shout out boda-boda (border-border) to potential customers - not to be confused with poda-poda, which is a form of shared taxi in Sierra Leone. A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Busia is a district in eastern Uganda. ... In many countries (especialy developing countries) the main system for public transport involves share taxis. ...

typical seat

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Motorbikes replacing Bicycles

While the boda-boda bicycle is still spreading to other areas, in its area of origin, especially in cities in Kenya and Uganda, the bicycles are more and more replaced by motorbikes. The motorbike-taxis have taken the name bodaboda as well. In 2004 it was estimated that more than 200 000 men in Uganda were working as bicycle bodaboda and already almost 90 000 as motorized motorbike bodaboda. A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...

Okada is the Nigerian equivalent to motorbike bodaboda.

External links

• BodaBoda for the Whole of Africa