ˈafrə̇kəˌnizəm, -ēk- noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: something that is characteristically African: as
a. : a characteristic feature of the Latin used by early Christian writers of northern Africa
b. : the theological doctrines of early Christian writers of northern Africa (as St. Augustine of Hippo †430)
c. : a characteristic feature of an African language occurring in a non-African language
africanisms in the Gullah dialect — L.D.Turner