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Maendeleo

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 26, 2025 · 1 definition
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Maendeleo/kusonga mbele (Development/moving forward)

"Maendeleo ya jamii ni jukumu la kila mtu (Community development is everyone's responsibility)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 26, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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