ujamaa

English

Etymology

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

Noun

ujamaa (plural ujamaas)

  1. An ideology of cooperation and collective advancement that formed the basis of socioeconomic policies in Tanzania in the 1960s.

Swahili

Etymology

u- (“-ness”) +‎ jamaa (“family”)

Noun

ujamaa (u class, no plural)

  1. brotherhood
  2. socialism
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