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date: 24 March 2019

kona

Source:
A Dictionary of African Politics
Author(s):

Nicholas Cheeseman

kona 

A Swahili term commonly used in Tanzania that means ‘corner’ and refers to ‘pavement politics’—public debates about politics that often occur on street corners in large cities.