Africanization
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a word derived from
Africanize.
Africanizeverb (used with object)to replace the European or white staff of (an organization in Africa) with Black Africans.
Example Sentences
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The Africanization of these faiths was largely circumstantial, of course.
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Despite Africanization programs aimed at placing political and economic power in indigenous hands, a grating degree of dependence on Europe persists.
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After his country won freedom from Britain in 1964, Banda delayed Africanization and curried favor with apartheid South Africa to bolster the economy.
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The situation at the universities is particularly odd, since Africa's political leaders keep denouncing neocolonialism and demanding Africanization.
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However, during his first two years, he had compromised to the extent of implementing an Africanization program aimed at filling government jobs with Africans.
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