ujima
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swahili ujima (“collective work and responsibility”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ujima (uncountable)
- Collective work and responsibility, in the context of African-American culture.
- 2021 August 14, Michael Cabanatuan, “Black community urged to vaccinate, use kindness to persuade the reluctant”, in San Francisco Chronicle[1]:
- "We save ourselves," [Dr. Sonia] Sutherland said, citing Ujima, one of the principles of Kwanzaa referring to collective effort and responsibility.