"African" značenje u engleski leksikon

Of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples.

Množina: Africans

Native to or an inhabitant of the continent of Africa, especially of sub-Saharan Africa. The region is culturally heterogeneous with numerous distinctive ethnic and sociolinguistic groups. There are three major language families: Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic), and Chari-Nile (Sudanic).A native or inhabitant of Africa.

Množina: African arts

Art of sub-Saharan Africa, from prehistory onward, ranging from the art of ancient civilizations to the new styles of postimperialist African nations. Examples of historic African art are bronze figures from the kingdoms of Benin and Ife (in Nigeria) dating from about AD 1500 and, also on the west coast, from the same period, bronze and brass figures for weighing gold, made by the Ashanti (Ghana).
prehistoric art
Rock paintings are found in various regions, notably in the western Sahara, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and, from the end of the period, East Africa. Some of the earliest pictures are of elephants. The images tend to be linear and heavily stylized and sometimes show a geometric style. Terracotta figures from the Nok culture of Nigeria, dating from several centuries BC, display a sophisticated blend of individuality and stylization.
Zimbabwe
Ruins of ancient stone buildings from before AD 300 suggest a time of outstanding urban culture in the country's history; sculptures found in the ruins show a high degree of artistic skill.
Benin and Ife
The bronze sculptures from the 13th–16th-century kingdoms of Benin and Ife on the west coast of Africa (examples in the British Museum, London) are distinctive in style and demonstrate technical refinement in casting by the lost-wax method. The Ife heads are naturalistic, while those of Benin are more stylized, both showing great artistic confidence. The art of Benin includes high-relief bronze plaques with figurative scenes, and ivory carvings. Some of these appear to have been designed for the Portuguese trade. Today the Yoruba of western Nigeria, whose sacred city is Ife, are among the finest and most prolific of woodcarvers, producing vast quantities of figures, houseposts, and masks.
Ashanti
Metalworkers of the Ashanti people (in present-day Ghana) made weights in highly inventive forms with comically exaggerated figures.
general
Over the centuries, much artistic effort has been invested in religious and ceremonial objects and masks, with wooden sculpture playing a large role. Many everyday items, such as bowls, stools, drums, and combs, are finely crafted and display a vitality of artistic invention and expression. Since much pre-19th-century African art has been either lost or ignored, it has occupied a meager place in Western art-history studies. In the early 20th century, however, West African art had a profound influence on the work of many European painters and sculptors, in particular Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Constantin Brancusi, Amedeo Modigliani, and Jacob Epstein.

Množina: African bowstring hemps

Bowstring hemp of South Africa; Also called: African hemp, Sansevieria guineensis.

Množina: African buffalos

Cape buffalo.

Množina: African chameleons

A chameleon found in Africa; Also called: Chamaeleo chamaeleon.

Množina: African clawed frogs

Native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals; Also called: Xenopus laevis.

Množina: African coral snakes

Small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange; Also called: Aspidelaps lubricus.

Množina: African countries

Countries occupying the African continent; Also called: African nation.

Množina: African crocodiles

A dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa; Also called: Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus.

Množina: African daisies

1. African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers.
2. Any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers.
3. Shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers; Also called: yellow ageratum, Lonas inodora, Lonas annua.

Množina: African Development Banks

Organization founded 1963 to promote and finance economic development across the African continent. Its members include 51 African and 25 non-African countries. Its headquarters are in Abidja'n, Ivory Coast.

Množina: African elephants

African elephant having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks; Also called: Loxodonta africana.

Množina: African grays

Commonly domesticated gray parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa; Also called: Psittacus erithacus.
A parrot (Psittacus erithacus) native to equatorial Africa that has gray plumage, a red tail, and a whitish face and is commonly domesticated especially for its ability in learning to talk

Množina: African green monkeys

Common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail