African

comparative more African · superlative most African · alternative sometimes Afrikan · alternative archaic poetic Afric

1. Of or pertaining to Africa.

   Spain’s Melilla, one of two small exclaves of EU land on the African continent, has long been the strongest distillation of fortress Europe.

   2022 March 10, Daniel Howden, “Europe has rediscovered compassion for refugees – but only if they’re white”, in The Guardian

2. Black; (dated, offensive) synonym of negroid.

   The truth is that I know the guy had African skin and a shirt of some sort.

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   In vivo and in vitro approaches in understanding the differences between Caucasian and African skin types: […]

   2013, Stem Cells—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition, ScholarlyEditions, →ISBN, page 311

plural Africans · alternative sometimes Afrikan · alternative archaic poetic Afric

1. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

   The Cameroonian’s case is unique as many Africans denied Schengen visas rarely appeal or contest the decisions in court.

   2025 May 21, Larry Madowo, “Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024”, in CNN

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   Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.

   2007, African Immigrant Religions in America, →ISBN

   But new research suggests another possibility: all Africans may have ancestry from “West Eurasian” populations which moved back into Africa after the “Out of Africa” event ~50,000 years ago.[…]

   2019, Razib Khan, Arabia between Africa and Eurasia

   Synonyms: Aethiopian, Afro-, Ethiop, Ethiope, Ethiopian, Libyan, Nubian