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. It may also refer to:

Places

* Umoja, Kenya, an all-female village founded on the principles of women's rights * Umoja, Nairobi, a suburb of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya *

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, a former shanty town in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida

People

* Akinyele Umoja (born 1954), American educator and author

Arts

* '' Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden,'' a 2008 French documentary about Umoja, Kenya * ''Umoja'', a music album released in 2006 by Dutch pop band

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* ''Umoja: Anthem for Unity'', an instrumental work by Valerie Coleman * Umoja, the Ancient Name of Mualani, a character in 2020 video game ''

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Politics

* Umoja Party, a political party active in Washington, D.C., from 1994 to 2000

Transport

* , a ferry used on Lake Victoria, East Africa * ''Umoja'', an East African Railways locomotive

Other

* Operation Umoja Wetu, the name for the

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* Umoja (software),

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software used by the United Nations * Umoja (network), an undersea cable connecting Kenya to Australia {{disambiguation, geo, surname