Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DECOLONISE
decolonize, decolonise
(verb) grant independence to (a former colony); “West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960’s”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decolonise (third-person singular simple present decolonises, present participle decolonising, simple past and past participle decolonised)
Alternative spelling of decolonize
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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