Africana

[ af-ri-kan-uh, -kah-nuh, -key-nuh ]

/ ˌæf rɪˈkæn ə, -ˈkɑ nə, -ˈkeɪ nə /

noun (used with a plural verb)

artifacts or artistic or literary works of any of the nations of Africa reflecting geographical, historical, or cultural development.

a collection of materials, as books and documents, on African history or culture.

Origin of Africana

1905–10; Afric(a) or Afric(an) + -ana

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Examples from the Web for africana

The Amazon Basin is inhabited by another species, Mustela africana, having more primitive characters.
American Weasels|E. Raymond Hall
Map showing the geographic ranges of the subspecies of Mustela frenata and Mustela africana.
American Weasels|E. Raymond Hall
Mustela africana is the most primitive of the American weasels.
American Weasels|E. Raymond Hall
It is possibly significant that Mustela africana is intermediate in several respects between Lyncodon and typical Mustela.
American Weasels|E. Raymond Hall

It is now known that the source is Oldfieldia africana, of the family Euphorbiace.
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties|Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow

British Dictionary definitions for africana

Africana

/ (ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə) /

pl n

objects of cultural or historical interest of African origin

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