Pan-African
Americanadjective
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of or relating to all African nations or peoples.
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of or relating to Pan-Africanism.
adjective
noun
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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 • Feb. 20, 2026
Melina Abdullah, a racial justice activist in Los Angeles and professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, joins the independent presidential ticket.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Bradford, who says she had already received a complaint about the play from a student by that point, accepted, and asked Jermaine Junius, communications studies professor and president of the Pan-African Alliance, to join her.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
Pan-African dismay about mercenaries began as soon as they became active in the decolonisation conflicts of the 1960s.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023
We discussed the need for the type of Pan-African unity that would also include the Afro-Americans.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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