Pan-African

adjective

Of or relating to Pan-Africanism.

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Meanings

Pan-African1

adjectivePan-African (not comparable)

alternative pan-African

  1. not comparableOf or relating to Pan-Africanism.
    1 more example

    The young men studying at your uncle’s mission used to speak French to each other both in delight and in order to show off their erudition, before the government declared that such erudition, and the Pan-African interaction it engendered, was unnecessary for natives and banished the language from their classrooms.

    2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 284
nounPan-African (plural Pan-Africans)

plural Pan-Africans · alternative pan-African

  1. A supporter of Pan-Africanism.

pan-African2

adjectivepan-African (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Pan-African.

Origin

From pan- + African.

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Cite this entry
APA

Pan-African. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pan-African

MLA

“Pan-African.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pan-African. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pan-African,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pan-African.

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