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In arts and entertainment


Music

* ''Africana'', album by
Chaino Leon "Chaino" Johnson (1927 – July 8, 1999, pronounced: "Cha-ee-no"), the self-styled "percussion genius of Africa," was an American bongo player. After touring for several years on the Chitlin' Circuit, he released several albums and b ...
* ''Africana'', album by Teresa De Sio * "Africana", song by Romanian singer Delia Matache


Publications

* ''
Encyclopedia Africana ''Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience'' edited by Henry Louis Gates and Anthony Appiah (Basic Civitas Books 1999, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2005, ) is a compendium of Africana studies including Afr ...
'' (1999), a compendium of Africana studies * ''
Philosophia Africana ''Philosophia Africana'' was a peer-reviewed academic journal of Africana philosophy established in 1998. It was published at DePaul University under the editorship of Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze until his death in 2007, and was subsequently edited by ...
'', a peer-reviewed academic journal of Africana philosophy established in 1998 * ''
Polyglotta Africana ''Polyglotta Africana'' is a study published in 1854 by the German missionary Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle (1823–1902), in which the author compares 280 words from 200 African languages and dialects (or about 120 separate languages according to toda ...
'', an 1854 study comparing 156 African languages


Other uses

* Africana studies, the study of the histories, politics and cultures of peoples of African origin *
Africana Museum Museum Africa or MuseuMAfricA (formerly known as the Africana Museum) is an historical museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa. History The museum was established in 1933, when the Johannesburg Public Library bought a large quantity of ...
(now MuseuMAfricA), historical museum in Johannesburg, South Africa *
Africana (artifacts) Africana are materials such as books, documents, artifacts, or artistic or literary works of any of the nations of Africa which reflect on the geographical, historical, or cultural development of Africa. Even though it can include material relatin ...
, cultural artifacts relating to African history and culture *
Africana (coral) Africana may refer to: In arts and entertainment Music * ''Africana'', album by Chaino * ''Africana'', album by Teresa De Sio * "Africana", song by Romanian singer Delia Matache Publications * ''Encyclopedia Africana'' (1999), a compendium of ...
, a genus of stony corals in the family
Caryophylliidae The Caryophylliidae are a family of stony corals found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water. Genera *'' Africana'' Ocana & Brito, 2015 *'' Anomocora'' Studer, 1878 *'' Asterosmilia'' Duncan, 1867 *'' Auloc ...
*
Africana (sheep) Africana is a breed of domesticated sheep (also known as ''Pelona'', ''Camuro'' or ''Camura'', ''Red African'', ''Rojo Africana'', ''Colombian Wooless'', ''West African'') found in Colombia and Venezuela. This breed is polled and is about the sa ...
, a breed of domesticated sheep found in Colombia and Venezuela * Galinha à Africana, a barbecued chicken dish of Portuguese origin *
Hotel Africana A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...
, hotel in Kampala, Uganda * HMSAS ''Africana'', World War II South African minesweeper


See also

* Africanae (disambiguation) *
Africanis The Africanis is a dog landrace found across southern Africa. Description As is typical with landraces, there are several regional variations, believed to be the result of isolation and, to a limited degree, deliberate breeding. Some modern w ...
, a group of South African dogs not recognised as a breed * Africanum *
Africanus (disambiguation) Africanus is Latin for "African". It may refer to: People Ancient Roman cognomen * Africanus Fabius Maximus, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC) and an unknown wife * Cresconius Africanus, a Latin canon lawyer of uncertain dat ...
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