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agbero
 n.— «The Yoruba word for bus conductor is agbero, the one who collects fares from the passengers. We sometimes also call them touts. They are as terrible as you’ll ever get. Maybe we have the prime selection of bus conductors and touts anywhere in the world for their cantankerousness. I mean, they’re always talking and talking and making trouble.» —“Principles of Traditional African Art in Yoruba Thorn Wood Carvings: Conversations with Titi Adepitan” by Sarah Krose in Univ. of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology (B.C., Can.) July 24, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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