African

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African(s) may refer to:

• Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
  • Used of white residents of Africa from 1815. Used of black residents of the United States from 18c., when it especially meant "one brought from Africa" and sometimes was contrasted to native-born Negro. As an adjective by 1560s, "pertaining to Africa or Africans" (Old English had Africanisc); from 1722 as "of or pertaining to black Americans."[1]
  • People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
    • Ethnic groups of Africa
    • African diaspora
  • African, an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the African Union
  • Used of white residents of Africa from 1815. Used of black residents of the U.S. from 18c., when it especially meant "one brought from Africa" and sometimes was contrasted to native-born Negro. As an adjective by 1560s, "pertaining to Africa or Africans" (Old English had Africanisc); from 1722 as "of or pertaining to black Americans."[2]
  • Citizenship of the African Union
  • Demographics of the African Union
  • African art
    • African jazz (disambiguation)
  • African cuisine
  • African culture
  • African languages
  • African music
  • African Union
  • African Race
  • African lion, a lion population in Africa