African
adjective
of or from Africa; belonging to the Black peoples of Africa.
Africans
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pluralof African.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Kenya's foreign ministry also sought to reassure Burundians and other East Africans living in the country following the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Four South Africans travelling with the same Alpine Eco Trek agency as the missing British citizens were missing, according to the tourism board.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In mid-February, the All Eyes on Wagner collective published the names of more than 1,400 Africans it said Moscow had recruited between January 2023 and September 2025.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the king felt he needed to say sorry not just for his own people's complicity, but the complicity of other Africans too.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It was an American researcher stationed in Kenya calling him to report that the South Africans had found something very queer in Musoke’s blood: He’s positive for Marburg virus.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
