Explore Africanist through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Africanist meaning
- A specialist in African studies.
- An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
Using Africanist
- The main meaning on this page is: A specialist in African studies. | An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
- In the example corpus, africanist often appears in combinations such as: pan africanist, africanist congress, the africanist.
Context around Africanist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Africanist
- In this selection, "africanist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pan, rhythmic, congress, press and roles stand out and add context to how "africanist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pan africanist because he and a pan africanist lens. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "africanist" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with africanist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the past, Nigeria played pan-Africanist roles, despite its own problems at home. (14 words)
Does that mean Fela is not a pan-Africanist because he likes to lick ice cream? (16 words)
Senator Obi said Rawlings was a Pan-Africanist who was passionate about the political and economic advancement of the continent. (20 words)
The problem for pan-Africanist historians who rush to praise Mugabe is that they will need to repudiate the contrary view of the millions of Zimbabweans who have suffered under his rule or have fled the country to escape it. (40 words)
We are all the same,” said Oridota, echoing the sentiments of other first-generation Nigerian immigrant youth who want the struggle against police violence to be viewed through a Pan Africanist lens. (32 words)
The Pan Africanist Congress was not connected with the Communist Party, as the African National Congress was, and had a most remarkable leader who died on Robben Island—Robert Sobukwe. (30 words)
Does that mean Fela is not a pan-Africanist because he likes to lick ice cream? (16 words)
Example sentences (18)
Instead now, Azapo, like the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), had been overtaken by political developments, hence they are unpopular with the voters in South Africa.
Does that mean Fela is not a pan-Africanist because he likes to lick ice cream?
A senior audit official interviewed by the Africanist Press expressed grave concerns over the recent and ongoing effort to prevent independent auditing of public funds by the Bio administration.
Du Bois is also known for his work as an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist and professor at Atlanta University.
In the past, Nigeria played pan-Africanist roles, despite its own problems at home.
Not in cookie-cutter unison but through individual response to poly-rhythmic Africanist aesthetic principles that are held together by a master-structure.
Senator Obi said Rawlings was a Pan-Africanist who was passionate about the political and economic advancement of the continent.
We are all the same,” said Oridota, echoing the sentiments of other first-generation Nigerian immigrant youth who want the struggle against police violence to be viewed through a Pan Africanist lens.
According to Ambassador Arrouchi, Morocco’s election to chair the council is an acknowledgement of the kingdom’s efforts on the pan-Africanist front in the last two years.
The Pan Africanist Congress was not connected with the Communist Party, as the African National Congress was, and had a most remarkable leader who died on Robben Island—Robert Sobukwe.
The problem for pan-Africanist historians who rush to praise Mugabe is that they will need to repudiate the contrary view of the millions of Zimbabweans who have suffered under his rule or have fled the country to escape it.
At the risk of eliciting an Africanist backlash, one might say South Africans have been scattered along the road between tribal pre-modern communitarianism and individualist modernism.
Branding itself as Pan-Africanist, the EFF incisively invokes the teachings of Frantz Fanon and Thomas Sankara, figures who, decades after their deaths, resonate positively on the continent.
I’m a Youth Pan Africanist from Somalia running a campaign to reunite all Afrika ethnically,globally, and continental To achieve United states of Afrika.
Nkrumah was targeted by the former administration of the-then President Lyndon Johnson due to his anti-imperialist, socialist and Pan-Africanist politics.
At this international conference, hosted by Pan-African President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Lumumba further solidified his Pan-Africanist beliefs.
Likewise, the Africanist Karl Richard Lepsius considered Bantu to be of African origin, and many 'Mixed Negro languages' as products of an encounter between Bantu and intruding Asiatic languages.
The Pan-Africanist movement, which had held one of its annual conferences, attended by Nkrumah, at Manchester in 1945, was influenced by socialist ideologies.
Common combinations with africanist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: