ujamaa village

British

/ uːdʒaˈma /

noun

(sometimes capitals) a communally organized village in Tanzania

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Etymology

Origin of ujamaa village

C20: ujamaa socialism, from Swahili: brotherhood

Example Sentences

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A member of the Nyabihanga ujamaa village in his diocese, Bishop Mwoleka spends two weeks of each month at work in the fields, barefoot and clad in tattered shirt and dungarees.

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