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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
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Sam Macfarlane 

Has a dick and is bad at everything
Sam Macfarlane by Samsuxxxx March 15, 2017
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maafa maafan maa faa paa naa maayan Mafa maana macfag Maaha Maaya madafaka
Most amazing friend ever. She is loyal, drop dead gorgeous,has a smile that will brighten the darkest day and sings like an angel.

Family and friends are incredibly important to her. She will always be there for you.
Is interested, curious, creative and super talented.

So fun, spontaneous and confident that she will dance in the middle of the street!

She is the best friend you can have.
I met the most talented, intelligent and nice person ever, she was called Mafalda.

Who is that beautiful girl over there reading Harry Potter?
Mafalda!
Mafalda by sarisadi December 22, 2012
Short for “motherfucker” and often used to bypass the filter on Roblox.
user1 Bro you can’t go around kidnapping people
user2 MAFAKA 😡😤😡😡😤😤
Mafaka by Stuck At SawCon May 24, 2023

Matthew Macfadyen 

One of the very few men that are genuinly perfect. This UK actor is humble, modest, funny, sweet, romantic, impeccable, very talented and that is not that half of it!
"Matthew Macfadyen? Gaw! He was the best damn Darcy in the entire world."
Matthew Macfadyen by Sharane Alvarez February 22, 2009
A common hebrew name drawn from the bible. The word itself means brook, spring or well.

The name given to a woman of strong character, incredible beauty, amazing passion and love for life. She is very shy at the beginning, but once you know her well, she will be as much as crazy as you! It's pronounced (Ma-a-yan). She will rock your world. Imagine everything you want and that is her. She is usually exotic with eyes full of life and mystery. One look and that's all it will take for you to fall under her spell. A lover of everything in this world from books, movies, food and life she will open your eyes never before imagined. If you find her, keep her!
Boy 1: Wow look at that girl, she’s gorgeous!

Boy 2: Dude that’s Maayan, she’s way out of your league.

Boy 1: * -_-*
Maayan by I_don’t_know_my_name September 9, 2020
The all in one excuse, whine, and expression of disgust from a top notch slacker. The moan of an extremely lazy person when confronted with a request to do work.
I asked Nick to help me clean up the mess he made. All I heard him say was, "Come on, maaaaaan, I gotta go do something right now."
maaaaaan by Sick MikeyG October 9, 2020
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