Boda-boda

Boda-boda (or bodaboda) is a two-wheeled bicycle or motorcycle taxi, originally in East Africa (from English border-border). The operator can also be called boda-boda. In Uganda it is often abbreviated as simply Boda.

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 a need to transport people across the "no-mans-land" between the border posts without the paperwork involved with using motor vehicles crossing the international border. This started in the southern border crossing town of Busia (Kenya/Uganda), where there is over half a mile between the gates, and quickly spread to the northern border town of Malaba (Kenya). The bicycle owners would shout out boda-boda (border-to-border) to potential customers - not to be confused with poda-poda, which is a form of shared taxi in Sierra Leone.

Bicycles in use and type of work

Boda

Boda may refer to:

Geography

See also

List of minor planets: 1001–2000

Bridge of Don Academy

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Bridge of Don Academy is an Aberdeen City Council operated six-year secondary comprehensive school and community centre in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland. The building was opened in 1979, originally designed to accommodate around 900 pupils. As a result of changes to the curriculum, the addition of new subjects and departments, as well as new educational initiatives, school capacities across the city were re-assessed by the local authority. Subsequently, the school's capacity is now less than 760. Its feeder primaries are Balmedie, Braehead and Scotstown primary schools. There is an abusive teacher called mr willox. He discriminates and is offensive. Help.

The school campus is currently shared with Braehead Primary School and St Columba's Church of Scotland and Roman Catholic church. Adjacent to the school is Westfield Park and playing fields.

History

1979 - Founded in 1979, the school is set in a building that is typical of the period with a flat roof and a concrete design.