Yibambe Meaning in Black Panther Movie
They're chanting "Yibambe!" It's a legitimate phrase from an official language used in South Africa. This language is called Xhosa, and the phrase means: "Stand off!" Or "Stand fast!" Basically, in this context, it's an order from T'Challa to his armies to stay alert, or to be at the ready.
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“Yibambe!”
Although Wakanda is a fictional African nation within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and comics), the language spoken by the inhabitants is a real-world language.
The language spoken by Wakandans is actually Xhosa, a Buntu language, and one of the official languages in South Africa. The term “yibambe” roughly translates to “hold off” or “hold fast”. This could mean two things.
Referring to “hold off”, we can determine that T’Challa is instructing his army to hold their positions, while the army returns the phrase to confirm/alert others that may have not heard (it’s a large army). An army may often hold position until the right moment to attack arises.
“Hold fast” means something quite different. This is an old nautical term meaning to hold on to the ship’s rigging—now meaning to hold on in the face of adversity. Essentially he is chanting to encourage his army to be brave and determined in such a perilous situation.
The latter seems to most likely in this scenario given the events and the manner in which they are chanting—aggressively and bravely.
