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The name shenzi is the source of coining the name zinjanthropus by one of the Leakey's, in Swahili washenzi as was written by Prof Mazrui signified the unexposed and backward people in coastal Kenya and Tanzania, especially the mijikenda people, who didn't/couldn't use lots of Arabic jargon in their day to day communication.
I thought Zinj, Zenj and Zanj was Arabic for Africans (black people).
 
The name shenzi is the source of coining the name zinjanthropus by one of the Leakey's, in Swahili washenzi as was written by Prof Mazrui signified the unexposed and backward people in coastal Kenya and Tanzania, especially the mijikenda people, who didn't/couldn't use lots of Arabic jargon in their day to day communication.
In the religious context, it means pagans, and carries several other meanings too, including backward.
 
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