VLVL What's it all "about"?

[Terrance]

> 
> "Uhuru", by the way, means "freedom" in Swahili, and is used in the name of
> various world-wide organisations devoted to democracy and equity for African
> peoples, including an organisation which began in California in 1981

I wonder if Pynchon knows that. I don't know any brothers who  speak or
read Swahili, but reconnaissance in Black English means,  to police and
area. And, it kinda makes sense, don't you think?