# Umoja

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**Umoja**, the [Swahili](/source/Swahili_language) word for "[unity](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unity)", is the first of the [Seven Principles](/source/Kwanzaa#Nguzo_Saba_(The_Seven_Principles)) (Nguzo Saba) celebrated each day during [Kwanzaa](/source/Kwanzaa).

It may also refer to:

## Places

- [Umoja, Kenya](/source/Umoja,_Kenya), an all-female village founded on the principles of women's rights
- [Umoja, Nairobi](/source/Umoja,_Nairobi), a suburb of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya
- [Umoja Village](/source/Umoja_Village), a former shanty town in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida

## People

- [Akinyele Umoja](/source/Akinyele_Umoja) (born 1954), American educator and author

## Arts

- *[Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden](/source/Umoja:_The_Village_Where_Men_Are_Forbidden),* a 2008 French documentary about Umoja, Kenya
- [*Umoja*](/source/Umoja_(album)), a music album released in 2006 by Dutch pop band [BLØF](/source/BL%C3%98F)
- *Umoja: Anthem for Unity*, an instrumental work by [Valerie Coleman](/source/Valerie_Coleman)
- Umoja, the Ancient Name of Mualani, a character in 2020 video game *[Genshin Impact](/source/List_of_Genshin_Impact_characters#Mualani)*

## Politics

- [Umoja Party](/source/Umoja_Party), a political party active in Washington, D.C., from 1994 to 2000

## Transport

- [MV *Umoja*](/source/MV_Umoja), a ferry used on Lake Victoria, East Africa
- *Umoja*, an East African Railways locomotive

## Other

- [Umoja Karamu](/source/Umoja_Karamu), an African-American celebration
- Operation Umoja Wetu, the name for the [2009 Eastern Congo offensive](/source/2009_Eastern_Congo_offensive)
- [Umoja (software)](/source/Umoja_(software)), [enterprise resource planning](/source/Enterprise_resource_planning) software used by the United Nations
- [Umoja (network)](/source/Umoja_(network)), an undersea cable connecting Kenya to Australia

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