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Definition of Shifta

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Shiftable
Shiftable Shift"a*ble, a. Admitting of being shifted.
Unshiftable
Unshiftable Un*shift"a*ble, a. 1. That may ?ot be shifted. 2. Shiftless; helpless. [Obs.]

Meaning of Shifta from wikipedia

- Shifta originally was a word that had a heroic or anti-heroic connotation rather than a villainous character (similar to the historical romanticization...
- The Shifta War or Gaf Daba (1963–1967) was a secessionist conflict in which ethnic Somalis in the Northern Frontier District (NFD) of Kenya attempted to...
- response to the growing number of Shifta ambushes. Also dispatched were additional police and the General Service Unit. The Shifta were lightly loaded and very...
- in a number of conflicts in and around Kenya, including the 1963 – 1969 Shifta War and the 1982 Kenyan coup. The objectives of the General Service Unit...
- handled by BandPlay, DJ MoneyGreen, Ed Pryor, Greenway, J. Sirianni, Shape Shifta, Sonny Bama, The Avengerz and The Colleagues with executive producers Thomas...
- major interstate conflicts including the Ogaden War in Ethiopia and the Shifta War in Kenya. However, following of breakout of the Somali Civil War and...
- motorcycle club Piracy River pirate Robber baron (feudalism) Robber Shanlin Shifta Social banditry, a term invented by Eric Hobsbawm Thug Untouchability Vigilante...
- Kenya implementated a similar policy of forced villagization during the Shifta War in 1966 of ethnic Somalis in the North Eastern Province. Kenyans were...
- the practice of mislabeling the Somali rebels' ethnically based claims as shifta ("bandit") activity, cordoning off of the NFD as a "scheduled" area, confiscating...
- the Shifta War. He was promoted as Deputy Commander of the Kenya Army on 28 November 1966 where he further distinguished himself during the Shifta War...