african

adjective

1. Also Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa

noun

2. a native or inhabitant of Africa.
3. (loosely) a black or other person of African ancestry.

adjective

1. denoting or relating to Africa or any of its peoples, languages, nations, etc

noun

2. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of any of the countries of Africa
3. a member or descendant of any of the peoples of Africa, esp a Black person

n.

Old English Africanas (plural), from Latin Africanus (adj.), from Africa (see Africa). Used of white residents of Africa from 1815; of black residents of the U.S. from 1790. As an adjective, by 1560s.