(in eastern and central Africa) second-hand clothing, especially that donated by aid agencies in the West.
Example sentencesExamples
- Overall things are going well we have one more week in mitumba slums doing house visits and helping out in the school.
- Secondhand clothing (mitumba) is generally worn by poorer people.
- The bundles are then sold for the cost of distribution, opened up by the mitumba stall holders and divided and sold on.
- She argues that there is demand for mitumba and cites the need for markets that match the demand for certain types and quality of clothing with the supply of it.
- He said they do not buy mitumba by choice, but because that is what they could afford.