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African

People who are native to or inhabitants 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, Hamito-Semitic (Afro-Asiatic), and Chari-Nile (Sudanic). Minor language groups include Khoisan.



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"Five Weeks in a Balloon" is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
Why, I never did believe it, even back in the wilds of your African jungle, when you tore the raw meat of your kills with mighty jaws, like some wild beast, and wiped your greasy hands upon your thighs.
The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Usually he passed the dispenser of the dentist's cards without reducing his store; but tonight the African slipped one into his hand so deftly that he retained it there smiling a little at the successful feat.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
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