ushenzi

Swahili

Etymology

From u- +‎ -shenzi.

Noun

ushenzi (u class, no plural)

1. savagery, barbarity

Further reading

• Eastman, Carol M. (1994) “Service, slavery ('utumwa') and Swahili social reality”, in Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere‎^[1], volume 37, pages 87-107