(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.
Origin
Swahili, plural of mtumba, literally 'bale (of cloth)'.