Africanize (redirected from Africanised)

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.

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Africanize, Africanise [ˈæfrɪkəˌnaɪz]

vb

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc.) to Africans

Africanization , Africanisation n