Africanizing
Adding tribal influences
Africanizing is giving something African character or bringing it under African control.
The term appears in postcolonial contexts—Africanizing a curriculum means centering African perspectives and content.
In biology, Africanized bees are hybrids of European honeybees with African subspecies, known for aggressive defensive behavior: The swarm was Africanized.
Adapting to native practices
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- UbuntuInterconnected humanity, or its namesake OS
- kenteGhanaian ceremonial woven cloth
- griotAfrican oral tradition keeper
oral history · ethnomusicology · folklore · rituals · traditions · customs · languages · motherland
Adapt to local culture
- decolonizeEnd foreign rule
- localizeFix to specific spot
- reclaimTake back possession
- adaptModify for new conditions
transform · rename · rebrand · reframe · reinterpret · infuse · incorporate · integrate
Ending imperial control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
nationalism · activism · solidarity · independence · sovereignty · anticolonialism · resistance · transformation
indigenization
Adapting to native practices
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- UbuntuInterconnected humanity, or its namesake OS
- kenteGhanaian ceremonial woven cloth
griot · oral history · ethnomusicology · folklore · rituals · traditions · customs · languages · motherland · diaspora
indigenize
Adapt to local culture
- decolonizeEnd foreign rule
- localizeFix to specific spot
- reclaimTake back possession
adapt · transform · rename · rebrand · reframe · reinterpret · infuse · incorporate · integrate · authenticity
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- liberationRelease from constraint
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
autonomy · nationalism · activism · solidarity · independence · sovereignty · anticolonialism · resistance · transformation · renaissance
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
lineage · descent · motherland · homeland · diaspora · tribal · indigenous · ethnic · racial · belonging
Africanizingcolonizing
Occupying and controlling territory
Americanizing · Frenchifying · globalizing · modernizing · Christianizing
Africanizingwhitewashing
Concealing unpleasant facts
colonizing · assimilating · homogenizing · cultural erasure · erasing
Africa, pan-Africanism, African, Africans, Afrocentrism, Afrocentric, Africanization, non-African, Africanize