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harambees

harambees is the plural of harambee.

Meaning of harambee

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

Questions about harambees

What is harambees the plural of?
Harambees is the plural of harambee.

Words near harambees in the dictionary

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

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