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majimboism
majimboism
English
Noun
majimboism
(
uncountable
)
(
Kenya
)
The
political
devolution
of
power
to the
regions
of a
country
.
2008
January 11,
Aidan Hartley,
“Democracy by Other Means”, in
New York Times
:
Mr. Odinga campaigned on a policy of federal decentralization known as
majimboism
.
Etymology
From
Swahili
majimbo
(
“
regions
”
)
+
-ism
.
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