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Africanism

Africanism \Af"ri*can*ism\, n. A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans. ``The knotty Africanisms . . . of the fathers.''
--Milton.

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africanism

n. 1 Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry. 2 A characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature.

Usage examples of "africanism".

If you could demonstrate your Africanism to two hundred million Africans, how great might your influence become.

Many scholars, including Elkins, believe that the attempt to discover Africanisms in America by researchers such as Melville J.