Some notes on socio-political terminology development in Swahili in the period of African Ujamaa socialism construction (the late sixties and early seventies): Basic tendencies of term formation

Abstract

The present article highlights forming and functioning of socio-political terminology in African languages, particularly in Swahili. The article aims to provide an up-to-date account of tendencies of development of socio-political terminology of African Ujamaa socialism theory based on native languages. The problem arises in connection with the process of globalization, which takes place in the modern world, and tendencies of unification of terminology in modern languages. The author of the article attempts to keep track of tendencies of term formation in developing languages of Africa of the early seventies of the twentieth century.