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Definition of African
African

Of or pertaining to Africa.

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

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African Quotations

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
Barack Obama

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
Albert Schweitzer

We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.
Robert Mugabe

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
Wangari Maathai

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.
Spike Lee

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.
Neil Gaiman

Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally.
Cat Stevens

What's really good is African drum music.
Fiona Apple

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
Vladimir Nabokov

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
Vladimir Nabokov

African Translations

African in Afrikaans is Afrikaans, Afrikaan
African in Danish is afrikaner
African in Dutch is Afrikaans
African in Finnish is afrikkalainen
african in French is africaine
African in French is africain
african in German is afrikanisch
African in Italian is africano
African in Portuguese is Africano
African in Spanish is africano
African in Swedish is afrikan


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