English

Noun

Maafa ‎(uncountable)

1. (Afrocentrism) The history of slavery and anti-black racism and discrimination in the United States; the historical enslavement of Africans and associated atrocities, under the interpretation of these as a genocide against them.
   • 2003, Out of the revolution: the development of Africana studies (edited by Aldridge and Young; published by Lexington Books), page 250:

     The Maafa concept explains the conditions of disorganization, disunity, self-hatred, and alienation affecting African people to varying degrees.

Swahili

Noun

maafa (ma class, plural only)

1. threats, menaces
2. terror, horror
3. misfortune, mishaps, bad luck, disaster, catastrophe, calamity
4. plural of afa

Descendants

• English: Maafa (loanword with a specialized meaning)

References

• The Kamusi Project