Af·ri·can
ˈa-fri-kən 
also ˈä-
1
: a native or inhabitant of Africa
2
: a person and especially a Black person of African ancestry
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John Eligon Prentice Onayemi Anna Diamond Devin Murphy, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Literacy rates that are below the global average, and lack of services in many African languages — some 2,000 are spoken across the continent, according to The African Language Program at Harvard University — are other reasons why a smartphone isn’t a compelling investment for some.
—Francis Kokutse, Fortune, 20 May 2024
But the couple still had a hard time believing the extent of the crowd, which Cheese noted was mainly African American, on Saturday.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2024
Other countries imposed sanctions and an arms embargo, peacekeeping forces were established by the African Union and the United Nations, and the Sudanese leader who commanded the genocide was eventually ousted.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, caamuseum.org; LACMA, Resnick Pavilion, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Truth of Freedom: African Diaspora to Afrofuturism: Coinciding with Juneteenth is an exhibit that explores the African Diaspora's history and new visions of justice for Black people through Afrofuturism.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2024
Beyond Etihad, JetBlue has partnership agreements in place with several other carriers, including Hawaiian Airlines, Icelandair, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, and semi-private jet company JSX.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2024
According to the Rays, the first phase will break ground next spring with the ballpark and initially include 1,500 residential units, 500 hotel rooms, office and medical space, a new Woodson African American Museum of Florida, as well as entertainment, conference, ballroom and meeting spaces.
—Curt Anderson, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 23 May 2024
In the early hours of May 20, an African lioness welcomed four cubs to the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
Kirui had been on a mission to summit the world's highest peak without supplementary oxygen, attempting to become the first African to achieve the feat.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 23 May 2024
But his photographs of life under Jim Crow, while evocative, didn’t match the vividness, by turns tender and jagged, of his South African work.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2024
Below is a field of pink African daisies, or gazanias.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
On May 10, the Duchess of Sussex, 42, arrived in the African country with her husband, Prince Harry, for their first official tour since stepping back from their royal roles in 2020.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
Faculty who signed the letter represented various departments including those of mathematics, American Indian Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Asian American Studies, history, Chicana/o and Central American Studies, African American Studies, and anthropology.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
Their African skincare, or A-Beauty line, is formulated with antioxidants — including turmeric, okra, quasil and black seed — to target skincare concerns on a cellular level like hyperpigmentation, a common condition that people with melanin experience.
—Anaja I. Smith, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
Noun
May 21, 2024 The campaign to keep the African National Congress in power kicked off, unofficially, under a scorching January sun in a packed soccer stadium.
—John Eligon Prentice Onayemi Anna Diamond Devin Murphy, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Literacy rates that are below the global average, and lack of services in many African languages — some 2,000 are spoken across the continent, according to The African Language Program at Harvard University — are other reasons why a smartphone isn’t a compelling investment for some.
—Francis Kokutse, Fortune, 20 May 2024
But the couple still had a hard time believing the extent of the crowd, which Cheese noted was mainly African American, on Saturday.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2024
Other countries imposed sanctions and an arms embargo, peacekeeping forces were established by the African Union and the United Nations, and the Sudanese leader who commanded the genocide was eventually ousted.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, caamuseum.org; LACMA, Resnick Pavilion, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Truth of Freedom: African Diaspora to Afrofuturism: Coinciding with Juneteenth is an exhibit that explores the African Diaspora's history and new visions of justice for Black people through Afrofuturism.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2024
Beyond Etihad, JetBlue has partnership agreements in place with several other carriers, including Hawaiian Airlines, Icelandair, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, and semi-private jet company JSX.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2024
According to the Rays, the first phase will break ground next spring with the ballpark and initially include 1,500 residential units, 500 hotel rooms, office and medical space, a new Woodson African American Museum of Florida, as well as entertainment, conference, ballroom and meeting spaces.
—Curt Anderson, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Adjective
Additionally, this hurricane season also features the potential for an above-normal west African monsoon, which can produce easterly winds that seed some of the strongest and longest-lived Atlantic storms, NOAA said.
—Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 23 May 2024
In the early hours of May 20, an African lioness welcomed four cubs to the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
Kirui had been on a mission to summit the world's highest peak without supplementary oxygen, attempting to become the first African to achieve the feat.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 23 May 2024
But his photographs of life under Jim Crow, while evocative, didn’t match the vividness, by turns tender and jagged, of his South African work.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2024
Below is a field of pink African daisies, or gazanias.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
On May 10, the Duchess of Sussex, 42, arrived in the African country with her husband, Prince Harry, for their first official tour since stepping back from their royal roles in 2020.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
Faculty who signed the letter represented various departments including those of mathematics, American Indian Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Asian American Studies, history, Chicana/o and Central American Studies, African American Studies, and anthropology.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
Their African skincare, or A-Beauty line, is formulated with antioxidants — including turmeric, okra, quasil and black seed — to target skincare concerns on a cellular level like hyperpigmentation, a common condition that people with melanin experience.
—Anaja I. Smith, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
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“African.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/African. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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