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harambee

harambee noun: a traditional Kenyan community self-help event or organization.

Noun

harambee (plural harambees)

  1. A traditional Kenyan community self-help event or organization.
    • The tension between spontaneity and control, which is at the core of nearly all analyses of harambee, is usually supposed to be that between the contending forces of 'the people' and the state.2003, M. P. Cowen, Doctrines Of Development, page 296

Forms of harambee

pluralharambees

Origin of harambee

Borrowed from Swahili harambee.

Words formed from harambee

  • Harambe

Questions about harambee

What does harambee mean?
Harambee means a traditional Kenyan community self-help event or organization.
What part of speech is harambee?
Harambee is a noun.
What is the plural of harambee?
The plural of harambee is harambees.

Words near harambee in the dictionary

  1. haram police
  2. haram-ball
  3. haramaki
  4. haramakis
  5. haramball
  6. harambee
  7. harambees
  8. harami
  9. haramis
  10. haramiyid
  11. haramiyidan

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