Africana
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Africana is a Latin word, the feminine form of africanus meaning "African":
  • feminine singular:
    • as a Roman cognomen
      • Cornelia Africana
        Cornelia Africana
        Cornelia Scipionis Africana was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the hero of the Second Punic War, and Aemilia Paulla. She is remembered as the perfect example of a virtuous Roman woman....

        , the daughter of Scipio Africanus
      • Cornelia Africana Major
        Cornelia Africana Major
        Cornelia Africana Major was the first daughter of Aemilia Tertia and Scipio Africanus.Scipio Nasica Corculum was her husband and second cousin. She had a single child. Judging by the year her son, Scipio Nasica Serapio, became consul in 138 BCE she probably married around 184-183 BCE.Cornelia...

         (b. circa 201 BCE, d. unknown), the first daughter of Aemilia Tertia and Scipio Africanus
    • publication titles
      • Encyclopedia Africana
        Encyclopedia Africana
        Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience edited by Henry Louis Gates andAnthony Appiah is a compendium of Africana studies including African studies and the "Pan-African diaspora" inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois' project of an "Encyclopedia Africana"...

      • Africana (Journal)
      • Philosophia Africana
        Philosophia Africana
        Philosophia Africana is a peer-reviewed academic journal of Africana philosophy established in 1998. It was published at Depaul University under the editorship of Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze until 2007. The journal is currently edited by K. Kalumba . The journal won the first prize in the 2002 Council of...

  • neuter plural:
    • Polyglotta Africana
      Polyglotta Africana
      Polyglotta Africana is a study written by the German missionary Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle in 1854 in which he compared 156 African languages...

    • Africana studies
      Africana studies
      In United States education, Africana studies, or Africology is the study of the histories, politics and cultures of peoples of African origin both in Africa and in the African diaspora....

  • Other meanings:
    • Africana Museum (now MuseuMAfricA), a historical museum in Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Africana (sheep)
      Africana (sheep)
      Africana is a breed of domesticated sheep found in Colombia and Venezuela. This breed is about the same size as the Pelibüey. The Africana is raised for their meat and is classified as a hair breed....

      , a breed of domesticated sheep found in Colombia and Venezuela
    • Africana (Teresa De Sio album), a music album of Teresa De Sio
      Teresa De Sio
      Teresa De Sio is an Italian folk singer-songwriter and the sister of the actress Giuliana De Sio.-Biography and career:She was born in Naples and lived in Cava de' Tirreni, the originary town of her family...

    • Galinha à Africana
      Galinha à Africana
      Galinha à Africana , often known as Frango assado is a dish of Portuguese cuisine, which is a barbecued chicken coated with spicy piri piri sauce....

      , a dish of Portuguese origin
    • Hotel Africana
      Hotel Africana
      Hotel Africana is a hotel in Kampala, Uganda's capital city and largest metropolitan area.-Location:The hotel is located on Wampewo Avenue, on Kololo Hill, adjacent to Garden City Mall in Kampala's central business district...

      , a hotel in Kampala, Uganda
    • HMSAS Africana
      HMSAS Africana
      The HMSAS AfricanaHMSAS stands for "His Majesty's South African Ship" was a minesweeping trawler of the South African Seaward Defence Force during the Second World War. She was originally a sea fisheries research vessel and was latter fitted for mine-sweeping and survey duties in the early 1930s...

      , a World War II South African minesweeper

See also

  • Africanae (disambiguation)
  • Africanum (disambiguation)
  • Africanus (disambiguation)
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