Pan-African

[ pan-af-ri-kuhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to all African nations or peoples.
2. of or relating to Pan-Africanism.

Pan-African

adjective

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

noun

1. a supporter of the Pan-African movement

Derived Forms

• ˈPan-ˈAfricanˌism, noun

Example Sentences

With a camera in hand, I challenged myself to capture the synchronized electric slides, dozens upon dozens of Black folk on horseback in the arena for the Grand Entry trailed by the largest Pan-African flag you’ve ever seen carried by rising star Paris Wilburd.

From Los Angeles Times

In the next five years, I’m looking to make the program more pan-African and get into building more chapters across the Black diaspora.

From Los Angeles Times

Designer Foday Dumbuya, who was born in Sierra Leone, explained, external that the use of pan-African colours are a nod to the club's close connection with their African fanbase, while the zig-zags bring energy - something which Arsenal have in abundance with the likes of Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice.

From BBC

“A man drags a cop with his vehicle and hospitalizes him. He’s arrested … charged with a felony … and then immediately released so he can make his tee time? Did I get that right?” said Ricky L. Jones, a University of Louisville professor of pan-African studies, on the social platform X.

From Seattle Times

“When you are a part of any oppressed group, especially people that are experiencing direct state violence like being part of the Pan-African diaspora within the United States, which is built on the enslavement and dehumanization and degradation of African peoples, that does politicize you,” Ms. Crawford said.

From New York Times