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Africanize

[ af-ri-kuh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

Africanized, Africanizing.
  1. to replace the European or white staff of (an organization in Africa) with Black Africans.
  2. to bring under African, especially Black African, influence or to adapt to African needs.


Africanize

/ ˈæڰɪəˌԲɪ /

verb

  1. tr to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc) to Africans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌڰԾˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • r···tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Africanize1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; African + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Now, if we want to Africanize it and “Reggie-fy” it, what do we do?

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It worked to an extent; instead of using the N-word, they now use terms such as Africans and Africanize.

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This is the beginning of what you hear me say is Blackenize or Africanize European fashion.

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In an ill-tempered annual message to Congress, Johnson accused Republican lawmakers of helping blacks “rule the white race” and “Africanize the half of our country.”

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“Negroes have shown less capacity for government than any other race of people,” he proclaimed, and warned against efforts to “Africanize the half of our country.”

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