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Pan-African

American  
[pan-af-ri-kuhn] / ˈpænˈæf rɪ kən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to all African nations or peoples.

  2. of or relating to Pan-Africanism.


Pan-African British  

adjective

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

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noun

  1. a supporter of the Pan-African movement

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Other Word Forms

  • Pan-Africanism noun

Example Sentences

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Edward Lawrence, co-founder of Workonline Communications, a Pan-African network operator based in Johannesburg, said that until the world transitions to IPv6, the addresses that Lu leases out should be given back to Afrinic, so that other networks can use them to grow.

From The Wall Street Journal

She was also appointed to the African Union's Pan-African Parliament.

From BBC

The left-wing vote hangs in the balance between Simone Gbagbo and Ahoua Don Mello, a civil engineer and independent Pan-African with Russian sympathies.

From Barron's

That campaign was spearheaded by a Burkinabe account that used fake screen captures purporting to be from French broadcaster France 24 and a falsified graphic attributed to pan-African weekly magazine Jeune Afrique.

From Barron's

Burkina Faso's leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré styles himself as a pan-African champion, standing up to Western imperialism.

From BBC