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Maafa is a Kiswahili for term meaning "Great Disaster. It has come to be associated with the era of the European and Arab slave trade. The resulting effect on African people: over 100 million people lost their lives and their descendants have been systematically and continuously assaulted through institutionalized anti-Africanism.

Ubuntu is the opposite of Maafa and was the dominant paradigm in Africa leading up to it.
Examples of the Maafa include Jim Crow segregation, lynching, apartheid, colonialism, neo-colonialism, lynching, forced sterilizations, slavery, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome and Stockholm syndrome.
maafa by Bendera Ya Taifa March 19, 2014
Related Words
MAABF Maab maaf Maabat Maabena maaboobian maabsii maafa maafan maafed
Maafan - pronounced ma'afan, taken from arabic and often used in hebrew language.
means something or someone from a low level or quality.
often used in slang or street language
example:
This is just a maafan watch
maafan by brynnson September 26, 2007
A amazing beautiful Ghanaian girl born on a Tuesday
Person 1: are you from Ghana and born on a Tuesday

Person 2: Yea why
Person 1: You must be a Maabena/Abena!!
Maabena by Queen_Maabe December 7, 2019
Maab’s are not always the prettiest of girls but have the most beautiful soul. Their body figure is bigger and better than others and they’re not afraid to show it😂. Maab’s are the funniest and will never hesitate to cheer a friend up by cracking a joke. In my opinion a maab is the very best friend you can have❤️
Person 1: Guess what, today is me and my friend maab’s 30th anniversary of being bestfriends!
Person 2: Oh wow! I wish I had a maab in my life
Maab by JustAKindHeartedSoul May 26, 2018
Maab means someone who is gorgeous on the inside out and is one of the funniest people you can ever meet.They are smart hard working and love books very very much they might as well become your own personal library.But if you tell them a secret they will probably start screaming and telling it to the world but somehow still nobody knows the secret.They are also dare devil's and are normally thought to be bad kids and are normally misunderstood
Omg she is such a maab
Maab by Hi I'm layal December 28, 2017

maaifoedie

scoundrel, blackguard, rascal

origin: South African from early Malay/Portuguese settlers
A corrupt government is full of maaifoedies.
maaifoedie by pincushion fairy October 8, 2011