Meaning of Africana | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa.
   plural, plural-only
2. The various cultures and peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, considered collectively.
   plural, plural-only

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Examples

“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)”

CEFR level