Africanness

English

Etymology

From African +‎ -ness.

Noun

Africanness (usually uncountable, plural Africannesses)

1. The state or quality of being African.
   • 2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Manchester Happened”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 73:

     She wrestled with her own Africanness. I could see her pain and confusion but there was nothing I could do.

Translations

the state or quality of being African

• Bengali: আফ্রিকিয়ানা (aphrikiẏana)
• Finnish: afrikkalaisuus (fi)
• Polish: afrykańskość (pl) f
• Portuguese: africanidade f