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Harambee

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Harambee/kukusanya pamoja (Fundraising/collecting together)

"Harambee ya kujenga shule imefaulu (School building fundraising succeeded)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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1 community definition
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Harambee 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Trabalho conjunto (Working together)

"Fazer harambee (Do collective work)"
Harambee 🇳🇦 Namibia

Pull together (Work together)

"Harambee for development! (Pull together for progress!)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Harambee" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Harambee 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Trabalho conjunto (Working together)
Harambee 🇳🇦 Namibia

Pull together (Work together)

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