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Boma (enclosure)
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Boma (enclosure)
A
boma
is a
livestock
enclosure,
stockade
, small
fort
or a district
government
office used in many parts of the
African Great Lakes
region, as well as
Central
and
Southern Africa
. It is particularly associated with
European colonial rule
. It is incorporated into many African languages, as well as colonial varieties of
English
,
French
and
German
.
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