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Africanist

American  
[af-ri-kuh-nist] / ˈæf rɪ kə nɪst /

noun

  1. a person who specializes in and studies the cultures or languages of Africa.


Africanist British  
/ ˈæfrɪkənɪst /

noun

  1. a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Africanist

First recorded in 1890–95; African + -ist

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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