Meanings
adjectiveAfrikan (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableuncommonAlternative form of African.
The award was to honor Dr. ben-Jochannan for his then fifty-two years-plus of work on behalf of Afrikan people and the major contributions coming out of that work.
1995, Kiarri T-H. Cheatwood, “Foreword”, in To Save the Blood of Black Babies: The D.C. and New York Dialogues, Richmond, Va.: Native Sun Publishers, →ISBN, page 2
Origin
A form of African. By surface analysis, Afrika + -n.
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APA
Afrikan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrikan
MLA
“Afrikan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrikan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Afrikan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afrikan.
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