Kawaida

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Kawaida

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Borrowed from Swahili kawaida, borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid), from قَعَدَ (qaʕada).

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A secular humanist Pan-Africanist philosophy introduced by Maulana Karenga in the 1960s.

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"Kawaida." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kawaida. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kawaida. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kawaida

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"Kawaida." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kawaida.

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@misc{kawaida_2026,
  title = {Kawaida},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kawaida},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}