Africanization
Adopting continental traditions
Africanization is the process of making something more African in character, control, or personnel.
The term often describes postcolonial transitions where African nations replaced European administrators, educators, and business leaders with local citizens: The government pursued Africanization of the civil service.
In biology, Africanization refers to the spread of African honeybee genetics into other bee populations, producing more aggressive hybrids: Africanized bees have spread northward from Brazil.
Adapting to native practices
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
folklore · rituals · language · oral-history · mythology · artifacts · precolonial · ethnology
Ending imperial control
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
self-governance · anti-imperialism · post-colonialism · liberation · autonomy · empowerment · dismantling · Commonwealth
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- blacknessComplete absence of light
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- solidarityUnity among allies
diaspora · roots · ancestry · unity · selfhood · awareness · belonging · reclamation
Winged pollinators
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- spreadTo distribute widely
aggressive · swarming · apiculture · beekeeping · feral · migration · genetics · hives
Adapting for specific markets
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- educationSystematic development of mind
staffing · policy · governance · administration · workforce · nationalization · quotas · transformation
indigenization
Adapting to native practices
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
heritage · folklore · rituals · language · oral-history · mythology · artifacts · precolonial · ethnology · authenticity
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
nationalism · self-governance · anti-imperialism · post-colonialism · liberation · autonomy · empowerment · dismantling · Commonwealth · non-alignment
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- blacknessComplete absence of light
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
solidarity · diaspora · roots · ancestry · unity · selfhood · awareness · belonging · reclamation · representation
bees
Winged pollinators
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
spread · aggressive · swarming · apiculture · beekeeping · feral · migration · genetics · hives · temperament
localization
Adapting for specific markets
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
education · staffing · policy · governance · administration · workforce · nationalization · quotas · transformation · universities
AfricanizationWesternization
Adopting Western cultural practices
Europeanization · colonization · Americanization · Anglicization · cultural imperialism
Africanizationcolonization
Foreign territorial takeover
colonial rule · imperialism · Europeanization · recolonization · foreign domination
Africa, Afrobeat, African, Africans, Afrocentrism, Pan-Africanism, Afrocentric, West African, non-African