African

African
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Concerning the inhabitants of Africa]
Syn. Negro, Negroid, black.
Terms for specific peoples include: Bantu, Zulu, Swazi, Hutu, Tutsi, Ubangi, Watusi, Dinka, Mandingo, Matabele, Khoikhoi, Hottentot, San, Bushman, Pygmy, Afrikaaner, Boer, Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa, Ashanti, Masai, Kikuyu, Somali, Ethiopian, Egyptian, Nilotic, Nubian, Hamite, Berber, Bedouin, Arab, Moor.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
Negro, Negroid, black, Nigerian, Egyptian, Algerian, Libyan, Sudanese, Ethiopian, Ugandan, Kenyan, Tanzanian, Angolan, Zambian, Botswanian, South African, Namibian, Bantu, Gabunese, Moroccan, Tunisian, Senegalese, Ghanaian, Bushman, Pygmy, Masai, Zulu.
WORD FIND
• bushman: Qung
• dance: juba
• desert: Sahara, Kalahari, Libyan
• garment: tobe, kaross, haik
• gold region: Rand
• grassland: veldt
• house: tembe
• hut: kraal, tembe
• language: Bantu, Hamite, Swahili, Hausa
• tableland: karoo
• tree: cola, baobab, baku, sassy, moli, kola, bumbo, gamdeboo
• village: dorp, stad, kraal
• wind: simoom, simoon
• wood: ebony, teak

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