Africanist

English

Etymology

From African +‎ -ist.

Noun

Africanist (plural Africanists)

1. A specialist in African studies.
   • 1994, Trout Gallery, Peter M. Lukehart, Cornelius Oyeleke Adepegba, Ahistorical Sculpture of West Africa, page 5:

     Noted Africanist, William Fagg, consistently stresses the tribality of sub-Saharan art […]

2. An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 194:

     The ANC was criticized by a number of Africanist members who accused the leadership of protecting the interests of the landlords at the expense of the tenants.

Related terms

• African
• Africanism
• Afrocentrist
• pan-Africanist

Translations

a specialist in African studies

• Catalan: africanista m or f
• Czech: afrikanista (cs) m, afrikanistka f
• Dutch: afrikanist m
• German: Afrikanist (de) m, Afrikanistin (de) f
• Hungarian: afrikanista (hu), Afrika-kutató
• Kazakh: африкатанушы (afrikatanuşy)
• Norwegian: afrikanist m
• Portuguese: africanista m or f
• Russian: африкани́ст (ru) m (afrikaníst), африкани́стка (ru) f (afrikanístka)
• Serbo-Croatian: afrikanist (sh) m, afrikanistica f, afrikanistkinja (sh) f