gumaguma
English
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Noun
[edit]gumaguma (plural gumagumas)
- (Zimbabwe) An outlaw who preys upon refugees crossing the South African border.
- 2006 December 21, Nicole Johnston, quoting "Zimbabwean boy", “The grass isn't greener on the other side”, in Mail & Guardian[1]:
- I found the Gumagumas who said they were here to help people to cross.
- 2009 January 24, Barry Bearak, “Desperate Children Flee Zimbabwe, for Lives Just as Bleak”, in New York Times[2]:
- Perhaps the greatest risk is the gumagumas — the swindlers, thieves and rapists who stalk the vulnerable as they wander in the bush.