Africanism

[ af-ri-kuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. something that is characteristic of African culture or tradition.
2. a word, term, or the like, that has been adopted from an African language.
3. African culture, ideals, or advancement.

Africanism

/ ˈæfrɪkəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. something characteristic of Africa or Africans, esp a characteristic feature of an African language when introduced into a non-African language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Africanism¹

First recorded in 1635–45; African + -ism

Example Sentences

Unveiling the statue at a ceremony attended by numerous African heads of state, AU Commission leader Moussa Faki Mahamat said: "The legacy of this remarkable leader encapsulates the essence of Pan Africanism, profound wisdom, and service to Africa."

From BBC

“Kenya stands with persons of African descent across the world, including those in the Caribbean, and aligns with the African Union’s diaspora policy and our own commitment to Pan Africanism, and in this case to `reclaiming of the Atlantic crossing,’” the ministry said.

From Seattle Times

“I personally don’t think you can be Black, African, and your work doesn’t reflect some part of Africa or Africanism, because we live in this world where we have to think about so many other things that other people don’t have to think about in a day,” he said in an interview last year with the fashion website Magnus Oculus.

From New York Times

“They became part of the foodways of African Americans. The Africanism is in the cooking of them — not in the green itself. That cooking method of long, low and slow, and with the potlikker being consumed, is a very different thing.”

From New York Times

She didn’t condone settling for easy answers and urged students to think more critically, even if it meant drawing from different subjects and perspectives, said Helen Moran, who took Morrison’s Studies in American Africanism course in the fall of 1993.

From Washington Post