Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

ushirikiano

/ushirikiano/Roman

English meaning: Cooperation

Swahili Definition

(Kiswahili)

Ushirikiano wa kufanya kazi pamoja kwa manufaa ya pamoja kati ya watu au nchi.

English Definition

Working together for mutual benefit. East African cooperation takes multiple forms — the East African Community (EAC, regional integration), the African Union (continental cooperation), India-Africa Forum Summits (bilateral cooperation), and South-South development cooperation. The EAC is one of Africa's most successful regional bodies — with a common market, monetary union aspirations, and political federation as long-term goals.

Example

Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki ni mfano wa ushirikiano wa kikanda unaofanikiwa zaidi barani Afrika.

In English: The East African Community is Africa's most successful example of regional cooperation.

Synonyms

  • muungano
  • umoja wa kikanda

Antonyms / Opposites

  • mgawanyiko
  • ushindani

Literary Heritage

Serikali ya kweli inasikiliza sauti za wanyonge.

A true government listens to the voices of the weak.

Euphrase Kezilahabi · Novelist / Poet · 20th century

Rosa Mistika

Rosa Mistika, Ch. 9, 1971

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