Africana

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Africana

/ˌæfɹɪˈkænə/
/ˌæfɹɪˈkɑnə/
/ˌæfɹɪˈkeɪnə/

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From Latin āfricāna, the neuter plural of āfricānus (“African”). By surface analysis, Africa + -ana (“things (plural)”), analogous to Americana. First attested in 1908.

noun

plural, plural only 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 whol
plural, plural only The various cultures and peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, considered collectively.

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@misc{africana_2026,
  title = {Africana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/africana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}