Meanings
noun
- A type of floating mining equipment used in parts of West Africa.
He now operates a chanfan machine during the rainy season and teaches at the school in the dry season when there is no water for processing.
2016, Katherine V. Gough, Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, page 1901 more example
The police in Upper West have burnt three chanfan machines and other accessories of illegal mining on the banks of the Black Volta in the Lawra District after operators abandoned the machines at the sight of the security men.
2017 December 6, Michael Quaye, “Police destroy galamsey machines on Black Volta”, in Graphic Online
Cite this entry
APA
chanfan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanfan
MLA
“chanfan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanfan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chanfan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanfan.
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