Africanization
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- noun
- /ˌæfrɪkənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- The role of the state in underwriting economic opportunities and in defining the state-individual relationship under Africanization was most clear with regard to the civil service.
Examples
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From Africanization to Indigenization: Debating the Parameters of Tanzanian Citizenship
Academic text (1998) -
The main difference between Africanization and indigenization is that the former focused on state hiring practices at a time when the state was undergoing rapid expansion, while the latter deals with access to private sector resources at a time when private participation in the market has become increasingly important.
Academic text (1998) -
Might have something to do with the Africanization of the Christian church.
Blog text (14) -
-- 2002. Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Academic text (2009) -
A prominent Africanization effort was undertaken in the agricultural sector to distribute land to landless Kenyans.
Academic text (1998) -
In a world of limited resources, it would have been impossible to install new exhibitions overnight, so a program of progressive "Africanization" of the museum's galleries was undertaken by all of us working together to ensure that by the autumn of 1995 an African theme would be dominant in the exhibition space.
Academic text (1996) -
Before he became Governor General, Dr. Azikwe is reported to have been interested in the establishment of an Institute of Military Science at the University of Nsukka, along with a rapid localization (Africanization) of the army.
Academic text (1992) -
The Africanization is so complete that one even finds a fermented corn flour porridge completely analogous to a fermented millet porridge.
Academic text (1992) -
Africanization was to be replaced by a policy of localization, or the hiring of qualified Tanganyikan citizens regardless of race or ethnicity to replace departing administrative personnel.
Academic text (1998) -
The Africanization of the nation's education system involved incorporating more local languages and cultural studies into the curriculum.
How African
Surface Forms
Morphology
Africanization = Africanize (transparent) = Africa + an + ize + ation
Built stepwise from Africa -> African -> Africanize -> Africanization; the meaning 'process of making X more African' is directly derived.
Etymology
Africanization comes from Africa plus the ending -ization, which means 'the process of making'. So Africanization is about making things more like Africa — its people, culture, languages, and traditions — and that is why the word describes changes in education, art, or systems to reflect local ways.