Africana
Americannoun
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artifacts or artistic or literary works of any of the nations of Africa reflecting geographical, historical, or cultural development.
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a collection of materials, as books and documents, on African history or culture.
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of Africana
Example Sentences
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He set up his home-based takeaway, named Africana Chops, in 2022, after being incessantly asked by his St Lucian friends for Nigerian fare.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025
Born and raised in central Ohio, she moved to New York City in 2018 to pursue degrees in Journalism and Africana Studies at New York University.
From Salon • May 10, 2025
The students eventually negotiated for the creation of what would later become the Department of Africana Studies, which Burwell co-founded and later chaired.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Matthew Guterl, a professor of Africana and American studies at Brown, had criticized the curriculum as “lacking the intellectual heft and moral urgency” that students needed.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023
He was then working at Howard University as a research librarian in the Moorland- Spingarn Research Center, one of the largest collections of Africana in the world.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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