Pan-African

American  

[pan-af-ri-kuhn] / ˈpænˈæf rɪ kən /

adjective

1. of or relating to all African nations or peoples.

2. of or relating to Pan-Africanism.

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Pan-African British  

adjective

1. of or relating to all African countries or the advocacy of political unity among African countries

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noun

1. a supporter of the Pan-African movement

Other Word Forms

• Pan-Africanism noun

Example Sentences

The filmmaker and video artist moved to Los Angeles from Seattle for university, and was quickly followed by his brother, the painter Noah Davis, who would found the Underground Museum, a venue and near-speakeasy with West Coast casual gravitas and pan-African rigor and breadth, which became as important to the zeitgeist of Black Los Angeles as both brothers have.

From Los Angeles Times

Merikokeb Berhanu’s paintings, exhibited by James Cohan, blend an abstract, pan-African visual vocabulary with elements of high Modernism.

From The Wall Street Journal

As well as leading Ghana to independence in 1957, Nkrumah was seen as a visionary in the pan-African liberation movement.

From BBC

With exhilarating charisma, stage energy and impassioned lyrics, Senegalese musician Sahad has created a unique body of work from a kaleidoscope of influences, culminating in his new pan-African album.

From Barron's

For Kablan Porquet, founder of the Bushman Cafe, a pillar of the economic capital Abidjan's Pan-African cultural scene, Ivory Coast has "made the choice to abandon culture".

From Barron's