Africanization


to replace the European or white staff of (an organization in Africa) with black .
to bring under , especially black , influence or to adapt to needs.
Historical Examples

Have we rightly comprehended the fearful import of those words, the africanization of the South?
The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South William Henry Holcombe

If the Republican party is permitted to get into power, the africanization of the South may be gradual, but it will be sure.
The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South William Henry Holcombe

The only alternative left us is this: a separate nationality or the africanization of the South.
The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South William Henry Holcombe

verb
(transitive) to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc) to Africans

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