Africanist

Examples

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• In turn, African scholars and Africanists must draw on each other and, as needed, non-African specialists.

  Academic text (1997)

• Witness, for example, a recent stock-taking by one group of Africanists who extol the contributions of African Studies to the disciplines.

  Academic text (1997)

• Some of us young Africanists are heading to dinner on Friday night, if you are interested.

  Blog text (29)

• Whether the Africanists can be blamed for the failure of the mass struggles in the 1950s is open to question.

  Academic text (1990)

• Finally, the solidarity formula implored Africanists to show commitment to African social movements and struggles.

  Academic text (1997)

• Also, increasingly galling for African scholars was the fact that Africanists did not seriously and systematically engage or dialogue with their work.

  Academic text (1997)

• But what do Africanists have in common, besides some fundamentally disparate notions about an ill-studied continent?

  Academic text (1993)

• Although my reportage was driven mostly by a folklorist's libido, I did manage to attend the ASA Distinguished Africanist Address given this year by Professor Jan Vansina of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  Academic text (1993)

• Many Africanists advocate for the preservation of African cultural heritage.

• The conference featured several prominent Africanists who discussed issues affecting African nations.

Synonyms

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Afrocentrist

vsAfricanist

1 8.5

A person who puts African people, history, or culture first

emphasizes political rights, unity, and study over cultural focus

A

Afrocentric

vsAfricanist

1 8.1

A person who supports African culture, history, and ideas

focuses more on political rights, unity, or study of peoples' interests

How Supportive

activist

60 3.7

advocate

345 4.1

Africanist

1 7.7

supporter

810 1.0

sympathizer

34 4.8

Surface Forms

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