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by lesiki 4493 days ago
'baraza' is Swahili for forum/meeting place. It was very much Yahoo Answers, targeted at the African market - here in Kenya, most people only have internet access via mobile connections, often using feature phones, hence the minimalistic stylesheet.

Baraza never really took off.

More about it here: http://whiteafrican.com/2010/10/05/google-baraza-qa-for-afri...