african
IPA: ˈæfrʌkʌn
Root Word: African
noun
- A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Africa.
- Black; (dated) synonym of negroid.
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Examples of "african" in Sentences
- New Orleans is a place that was very rich in african american culture.
- But would it be wronger as you would be when calling african americans "Negroes"?
- You can say black American, you can say American, but stop using the term african because it just shows what an idiot you are.
- Paul Lockhart i'm disappointed that i can't recall the african-american soldier in the middle of the squad .... guess i'm becoming senile at the ripe old age of
- To be honest a lot of these fairytales were written when the african race was a minority and africans lived in african, chinese lived in china and italians lived in italy etc.
- I am not american, so I do not know if this is a frequently addressed issue where you come from; however, it seems to me that the use of the term african-american IS FUCKING STUPID.
- Link ellie, how do you know most of this aid gets lost to corruption anyway?! coming from someone who has worked in african countries … yes there is corruption, sometimes rampant, but there can be rampant corruption in our country too. and overall, that money is saving lives and doing good – how does one argue against that? — mal
- So let me get this straight – anyone who complains about President Obama is now considered a racist per certain african-americans and President Carter – so does this apply to them when they complain about white congressman that their considered racists now also – guess the race card could be played both ways – silly huh – lets just leave the race card out of the picture!
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