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Karamu

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Karamu definition 1

Karamu/sherehe ya chakula (Feast/food celebration)

"Karamu ya harusi ilipendeza watu wote (Wedding feast pleased everyone)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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1 community definition
Added
August 2025

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Karamu 🇰🇪 Kenya

Sherehe (Ceremony)

"Karamu ilikuwa poa (The ceremony was nice)"

Festin/Banquet (Feast/Banquet)

"Ze mwezi unatoka - The moon is rising"

🇹🇿 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.

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🌍 "Karamu" Across Africa

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

Karamu 🇰🇪 Kenya

Sherehe (Ceremony)
Karamu

Festin/Banquet (Feast/Banquet)

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