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1. harambee, n. View full entry 1963
...Pulling or working together; co-operation; the slogan of the Kanu government of Kenya at the time of independence. Also attrib....
2. kgotla, n. View full entry 1840
...An assembly of tribal elders among some Bantu peoples; also, the place of such assembly (see also quot. 1857). Cf. kuta...
3. lukiko, n. View full entry 1889
...A levee; the council or parliament of the Buganda people of Uganda....
4. pitso, n. View full entry 1822
...A traditional Sotho gathering or conference, usually held in the village or the chief's meeting place; those people constituting this assembly. Cf. indaba, kgotla...
5. Uhuru, n. View full entry 1961
...National independence of an African country, spec. Kenya....
6. ujamaa, n. View full entry 1962
...The name given by President Nyerere of Tanzania to a kind of socialism he introduced in that country in the 1960s, in which village co-operatives were established based on equality of opportunity...
