ujamaa

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Swahili ujamaa (“brotherhood, extended family”), from jamaa (“family”), from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa, “group (of people)”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ujamaa (countable and uncountable, plural ujamaas)

  1. (uncountable) A socialist ideology of cooperation and collective advancement that formed the basis of socioeconomic policies in Tanzania in the 1960s.
    • 2021 January 30, Christina Morales, “A 10-Year-Old GameStop Investor Cashed In. His Return? Over 5,000%”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      She told him the gift was in keeping with the spirit of ujamaa, or cooperative economics, one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
  2. (countable) A village built according to this ideology, with central homes and school surrounded by communal farmland.

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From u- (“-ness”) +‎ jamaa (“family”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

ujamaa (u class, no plural)

  1. brotherhood
  2. socialism
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