AFRICA
ADJECTIVES
► AFRICKY African → E17
► AFRO African; Black → E20 US sl.
► NAPPYBLACK very African looking → 1960 African-American sl.
► OOGA-BOOGA African → 1996 sl.
NOUNS
► DARK CONTINENT, THE Africa → 1878
► OLD COUNTRY the Deep South; Africa → 1960 African-American sl.
► OOGA-BOOGA LAND any unspecified African state → 2001 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AF ► AFF an African → 1960 S. Afr. sl., derogatory
► BARBARESQUE a native of Barbary in Africa → 1804
► BARBARIAN a native of Barbary in Africa → 1572 obs.
► BEACH-MAN a person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to ship masters, and assists them in conducting the trade → 1867
► BLACK AFRICAN a dark-skinned African; esp. one who is a native or inhabitant of sub-Saharan Africa → 1633
► BLACKAMOOR ► BLACKAMORE a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force → 1525
► BLACK-A-MOORE ► BLACKMOOR a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force → 1547
► BLACKAMORIAN ► BLACK MORIAN a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person → 1526 obs.
► BWANA a boss or employer, or a respectful term of address → 1860 E. Africa
► CHOC a non-White, esp. an African → 1978 S. Afr. sl., derogatory & offensive
► FUZZY-WUZZY an indigenous African → L19 Brit. sl., derogatory
► MONKEY a person of African or Asian descent → 1839 Amer. sl., usually offensive and contemptuous
► MOOR orig. a native or inhabitant of ancient Mauretania, a region of North Africa corresponding to parts of present-day Morocco and Algeria; later, a member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent inhabiting north-western Africa (now mainly present-day Mauritania), who in the 8th century conquered Spain → 1000
► MUNTU a Black African → 1920 S. Afr. derogatory & offensive
► QUASHEE a West African male → 1620 African-American
► ZOMBIE a very African-looking person, short of stature, with a dark complexion and broad features → 1980 African-American sl.
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