Africanize
Adapt to continent
Africanize means to make African in character, control, or population.
The term appears in postcolonial contexts describing the transition of institutions from European to African leadership: The government moved to Africanize the civil service.
In entomology, Africanized bees are a hybrid strain, more aggressive than European honeybees, that spread north from Brazil after 1957—often called "killer bees" in sensationalized accounts.
Aggressive hybrid stinging insects
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
apiculture · beekeeping · migration · stinging · cross-breeding · invasive · spread · Brazil
Adapting to native practices
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- contextualizationPlacing something within circumstances
- customizationModification to individual preference
- culturalizationAcquiring cultural knowledge
domestication · glocalization · regionalization · acculturation · tailoring · reinterpretation · infusion
African-centered cultural framework
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- motherlandOne's native country
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
afro · negritude · reclamation · empowerment · roots · self-determination · decolonization · representation
killer bees
Aggressive hybrid stinging insects
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
colonization · apiculture · beekeeping · migration · stinging · cross-breeding · invasive · spread · Brazil
indigenization
Adapting to native practices
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- contextualizationPlacing something within circumstances
- customizationModification to individual preference
culturalization · domestication · glocalization · regionalization · acculturation · tailoring · reinterpretation · infusion
Afrocentrism
African-centered cultural framework
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- motherlandOne's native country
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
ethnicity · afro · negritude · reclamation · empowerment · roots · self-determination · decolonization · representation
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
rituals · folklore · music · dance · cuisine · clothing · languages · proverbs · ceremonies · oral history
AfricanizeEuropeanize
Make conform to Continental norms
Americanize · Germanize · Latinize · globalize · homogenize
Africanizecolonize
Establish control over territory
Europeanize · whiten · assimilate · imperialize · decolonize
- Africanized beesAggressive hybrid bee subspecies
Pan-Africanism, Africanization, Africanized, Africanism, Africanizing