Africanist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Africanist
Example Sentences
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This also matches my interpretation of a lot of Africanist practices, where, during initiations, you are on your own individual search.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 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
His father, A. P. Mda, was a guiding light in the 1959 founding of the Pan Africanist Congress.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2012
After our meal, we elected a committee to represent us, which included Duma Nokwe and Z. B. Molete, the publicity secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress, and me.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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