Africanist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Africanist
Example Sentences
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“In many Africanist and other worldviews,” she said, “the past, present and future exist together and communicate with one another. That colors a lot of my work.”
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024
An early supporter of her choreography, Anderson admires how open she is; how her work is inspired by Africanist forms but doesn’t appropriate them.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
She is, as she says, “very loud and New York,” but her apartment projects an almost hermetic cool: Africanist art, a golden skull on a shelf, a tar-splashed vanity mirror.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2017
The best-known of his works include versions of the flag in Africanist red, black, and green and “How Ya Like Me Now?”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016
Selby had been a member of the ANC Youth League before switching allegiance to the Pan Africanist Congress.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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