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Africanize
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Af·ri·can·ize  (fr-k-nz)
v. Af·ri·can·ized, Af·ri·can·iz·ing, Af·ri·can·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To make African, as in culture.
2. To transfer to African control: "the Government's plan to Africanize the service" (BBC Summary of World Broadcasts).
v.intr.
To become African.

Africanize, Africanise [ˈæfrɪkəˌnaɪz]
vb
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc.) to Africans
Africanization , Africanisation n


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Activists who wanted fair cotton prices, entrepreneurial opportunities, Africanised bureaucatic positions for educated young men, elected chiefs, and popular debate, became peripheral to the new politics of loyalty and Ganda patriotism.
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