Wondering how to use African in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as continent or person.
African in a sentence
Related words
African meaning
- Of or pertaining to Africa.
- Black; (dated, offensive) synonym of negroid.
Using African
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Africa. | Black; (dated, offensive) synonym of negroid.
- Useful related words include: continent, person, individual, someone.
- In the example corpus, african often appears in combinations such as: the african, of african, south african.
Context around African
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for African
- In this selection, "african" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, organisations, enterprises, union, states and energy stand out and add context to how "african" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a south african based investment, a weak african economy lack, african union, african countries and west african. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "african" sits close to words such as simply, questions and population, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with african
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Foods served often reflect African or African-inspired dishes, along with shared traditions from the African diaspora. (17 words)
More than 90% of all of our funding - it's going directly to African grassroots organisations, African enterprises, African young people, African entrepreneurs, African women. (25 words)
Some 300 international observers were deployed, mainly from the Economic Community of the West African States and the African Union, with many African states supporting the incumbent. (27 words)
The working group, according to him, has also developed a proposal for setting up an Escrow Account for African Union (AU) Member-States and a model Escrow Agreement with the African Development Bank or any other approved African Multilateral Bank. (40 words)
African Americans and the Vote Symposium by Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture – Join historians, educators, and others as they share their experiences with the history of African Americans and the vote in the State of Maryland. (39 words)
I have designed brand identities for the better part of the last decade, working with many African clients, and we used typefaces that weren’t African, even when these brands wanted to resonate deeply with an African audience. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
More than 90% of all of our funding - it's going directly to African grassroots organisations, African enterprises, African young people, African entrepreneurs, African women.
The working group, according to him, has also developed a proposal for setting up an Escrow Account for African Union (AU) Member-States and a model Escrow Agreement with the African Development Bank or any other approved African Multilateral Bank.
Foods served often reflect African or African-inspired dishes, along with shared traditions from the African diaspora.
Former African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule speaks to the media, 30 August 2023, during the launch of the new South African political party African Congress for Transformation (ACT).
I have designed brand identities for the better part of the last decade, working with many African clients, and we used typefaces that weren’t African, even when these brands wanted to resonate deeply with an African audience.
The African Union has, in a parallel direction, to spearhead Africa’s development and integration in close collaboration with African Union Member States, the Regional Economic Communities, and African citizens.
This year’s AEW: Invest in African Energy will host the African Energy Finance Summit – a platform that galvanizes financial support for African energy projects, while promoting deal-signing and partnerships.
African Americans and the Vote Symposium by Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture – Join historians, educators, and others as they share their experiences with the history of African Americans and the vote in the State of Maryland.
Some 300 international observers were deployed, mainly from the Economic Community of the West African States and the African Union, with many African states supporting the incumbent.
Live music, African drum and dance, an African market and food trucks are all a part of the fun at the 40th annual Pan-African Cultural FestivalLovely’s Island Kitchen Food Truck.
The African Court President said for the African Court to achieve its objectives and strengthen the African human rights system, a greater number of countries must ratify the Protocol and make the declaration under Article 34(6).
The event will be attended by African heads of state, representatives of African and international companies, entrepreneurs, as well as international financial institutions that will analyse the evolution of the business agenda on the African continent.
These include a weak African economy, lack of a vibrant private sector, manufacturing jobs and financial support for African youth to become entrepreneurial, and a mismatch between available jobs and the training African youth.
The visit by former South African president Thabo Mbeki to meet Zimbabwean political party leaders demonstrates his belief in African solutions to African challenges, political parties have said.
AfricaRe, owned by 41 African states, approximately 107 insurance/reinsurance companies and non-African strategic investors, is the continents premier reinsurance corporation, operating across 41 African countries.
Despite the Pyeongchang games hosting the largest ever contingent of African nations at a single Winter Olympics event with eight African nations participating, no African athlete achieved a podium finish.
It said an African presence admittedly modest (4 companies out of 500) but still up from the first ranking of 2017, where Remgro, a South African-based investment company, was the only African company on the list.
The African Continental Free Trade Area initiative in particular has been hailed as a major achievement, paving the way for greater intra-African trade and more economic opportunities for all African states.
The reality for many African travelers has involved expensive and complicated trips between African cities with multi-stop itineraries—sometimes in Europe before heading back to the destination African city.
Africa Room 25 - Collection of African throwing knives The Sainsbury African Galleries display 600 objects from the greatest permanent collection of African arts and culture in the world.
Phrases with african
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with african
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the african 79×
- of african 39×
- south african 34×
- african union 31×
- african countries 27×
- african american 21×
- african development 16×
- an african 16×
- and african 16×
- african and 13×