Uhuru

Uhuru (a Swahili word meaning freedom) may refer to:

People

• Uhuru Hamiter (born 1973), American football player
• Uhuru Kenyatta (born 1961), President of Kenya from 2013 to 2022

Places

• Uhuru (Tanzanian ward), an administrative ward in the Dodoma Urban district of the Dodoma Region
• Uhuru Monument, or Uhuru Torch Monument, a landmark monument in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya
• Uhuru Peak, the highest summit on the rim of Kibo volcanic cone at Mount Kilimanjaro

Music

• Uhuru (band), a South African music group
• Uhuru (album), a 1992 album by Osibisa
• Uhuru record label set up in 1971 by Roy Cousins
• "Uhuru", track on 2008 album Astrological Straits by Zach Hill
• "Uhuru", a single by Sun-El Musician and Azana, from album To the World & Beyond
• Black Uhuru, a 1980’s reggae group

Other uses

• MV Uhuru, a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa
• Uhuru (satellite), the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy
• Uhuru (novel), a 1962 novel by American author Robert Ruark
• Uhuru Design, a Brooklyn-based design and build sustainable furniture company
• Uhuru Mobile, a secure Android-based operating system
• Uhuru Torch, a national symbol of Tanzania
• Uhuru, a name given to one of the East African Railways EAR 60 class locomotives
• Uhuru, a slogan used by the Proud Boys, a far-right neo-fascist group

See also

• All pages with titles containing Uhuru
• Uhura, a character in Star Trek
• Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, a landform in Australia
• Uhuru Afrika, a 1960 album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston
• Uhuru Movement, a socialist movement led by the African People's Socialist Party
• Harambee, another Swahili word which has seen considerable popular use