Africana

africana English Etymology From en la āfricāna 1, the neuter plural of la āfricānus African. en Africa -ana things (plural), analogous to en Americana. First attested in 1908. Pronunciation en /ˌæfɹɪˈkænə/ /ˌæfɹɪˈkɑnə/ /ˌæfɹɪˈkeɪnə/ en en-uk-africana.ogg UK en Af ri ca na en ɑːnə 4 Noun p Collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa. Africana is a word of many different meanings; to one it means books and other printed or manuscript material, to another it means objects other than books. For Africana Notes and News it is used in its widest sense ... it is restricted only from a geographical point of view; it denotes not the whole of Africa but only Southern Africa. (Africana Notes & News, 1943) The various cultures and peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, considered collectively. Usage notes "Africana studies" is a hypernym with subdisciplines including African studies, African American studies, etc. References Old English Pronunciation Africana Proper noun ang proper noun form ang African gen pl