Old English Africanas (plural), from Latin Africanus (adj.), from Africa (see Africa). Used of white residents of Africa from 1815. Used of black residents of the U.S. from late 18c., when it especially meant "one brought from Africa" and sometimes was contrasted to native-born Negro. As an adjective by 1560s, "pertaining to Africa or Africans" (Old English had Africanisc); from 1789 as "of or pertaining to black Americans."
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1. And a number of African countries, too, are slipping through the net.
并且一些非洲國家也被漏掉了。
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2. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.
非洲國民大會威脅要退出會談。
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3. Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.
當代非洲電影在活力和新穎性上頗足稱道。
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4. They flew the flag of the African National Congress.
他們升起非洲人國民大會的旗幟。
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5. The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.