The two main elements, in Swahili, were 'ujamaa', which Julius Nyerere defined as. From Wordnik.com. [Contents] Reference
Third is Julius Nyerere's "ujamaa" concept of development which is informed by the cooperative economics of sharing not accumulating, of self-reliance not dependency. From Wordnik.com. [Up Station Mountain Club] Reference
Tanzania’s first president implemented the idea of ujamaa, or “familyhood,” which instructs that development should be carried out in villages just as in the home, with everyone contributing to the projects in the society like one big jolly African extended family. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
"The value of ubuntu and ujamaa inform all of us of our humanity," she said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The reporter-photographer team that went to Africa worked in an ujamaa village in Tanzania and traveled with guerrillas in the liberated zones of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Guinea). From Wordnik.com. [Lns] Reference
Cooperative economics (ujamaa in Swahili) is one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, along with unity (umoja); self-determination (kufichagulia); collective work and responsibility (ujima); purpose (nia); creativity (kuumba), and faith (imani). From Wordnik.com. [The Advent Of Kwanzaa] Reference
Austin Peay student Devin Hart explained the seven principles as: umoja - unity; kujichagulia - self-determination; ujima - collective work and responsibility; ujamaa - cooperative economics; nia - purpose; kuumba - creativity; and imani - faith. From Wordnik.com. [theleafchronicle.com - Local News] Reference
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