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(ăf'rĭ-kə-nīz') pronunciation

v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

v.tr.
  1. To make African, as in culture.
  2. To transfer to African control: "the Government's plan to Africanize the service" (BBC Summary of World Broadcasts).
v.intr.
To become African.


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