ujamaa

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

• ujamaa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

ujamaa (u class, no plural)

1. brotherhood
2. socialism