Ever wanted to spit out the Malagasy proverb 'Do not dance on a load of wastes like an owl'? The Africa Phrasebook gives you cultural background, easy-to-use essentials and the ability to have meaningful contact with the locals.

Covers: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, French, Hausa, Malagasy, Portuguese, Shona, Swahili, Wolof and Xhosa.

• Coverage of the 13 key African languages
• Useful words and phrases to get you by in any part of the continent
• Handy pronunciation guide throughout
• Easy coloured-tab navigation

Swahili is one of the most widely spoken African languages and the key to communication in the East African region. So you may as well be speaking Swahili

• Two-way dictionary
• Guide to pronunciation and phrase-building
• Fail-safe small talk
• Practicalities and a section on sustainable travel

Haggling at markets, deciphering street signs, chatting to kids, asking someone's hand in marriage... just some of the situations you might experience while travelling in Ethiopia. Lucky for you, they're all covered in our Ethiopian Amharic phrasebook. So get reading and start talking!

• Two-way dictionary
• Guide to pronunciation and grammar
• New sustainable travel vocab section
• Handy menu decoder

Up to 4 million people visit Morocco annually and many of them are looking quizzically at menus or asking really loudly where the toilet is. But with this phrasebook you needn't be one of them. With this, you can be the urban sophisticate we know you are.

• Two-way dictionary and snappy sentence builder
• Quick tips for pronunciation and grammar
• Phrases for finding accommodation
• Handy health and emergency chapter