English Explanatory Dictionary

ujamaa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A socialist ideology of cooperation and collective advancement that formed the basis of socioeconomic policies in Tanzania in the 1960s.
  2. A village built according to this ideology, with central homes and school surrounded by communal farmland.

Word forms

ujamaa ujamaas

Etymology

Etymology tree Swahili ujamaabor. English ujamaa Borrowed from Swahili ujamaa (“brotherhood, extended family”), from jamaa (“family”), from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa, “group (of people)”).

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