"Wahalla!" is a Yoruban word meaning `whatever' or `that's too much bother', according to Ruth - who grew up in Nigeria. We were at the Salon I coordinate here in Austin today, and she asked me how it works - this project - and so I showed her. She wrote "wahalla" on my arm. In the Yoruba dictionary it says, "trouble".

Yesterday, Kiswahili. Today, Yoruba. Very nice. My favorite moment, though, was the hand gesture that goes with "wahalla":