Meaning of jua kali | Babel Free

Definitions

1. craft or artisan work
   Kenya, class-ix
2. informal sector
   Kenya, class-ix
3. shoddy work?
   Kenya, class-ix
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jua, kali.
   class-ix

Examples

“Under the beating rays of the equatorial sunshine, shaded by plastic bags or at best beneath an antique sheet of mabati (tin roofing), jua kali entrepreneurs make it their mission to keep things alive and working.”

“Was it a question of graduating from the roadside, and from under the hot sun (jua kali) which had given the Kenyan informal sector its now current name to a permanent stone-built workshop?”

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