# Kawaida

> English word · Proper noun

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

## Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili kawaida.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kawaida