Example sentences for: african

How can you use “african” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The original colony of 600 men intermarried with local women to form a large Eurasian community, served by African slaves and living in an elegant luxury that won their trading post the name “Babylon of the Orient. ”

  • The merchants wanted to divert trade away from the Arabs, fearing the enrichment of the North African Maghreb as a threat to Christian Europe.

  • 2) It's a triumph of negotiating perseverance by South African President Nelson Mandela and the United Nations.

  • "He fired the pride of African Americans and touched a deep desire in the psyche of Americans, both black and white, for a leader who might rekindle the bi-racial coalition that destroyed their country's own version of apartheid in the 1960s, the racism they are still fighting to eradicate today, and the never-ending scandals.

  • Johnnie Cochran said he will assemble a dream team of lawyers to hold the New York police "accountable" for the death of an African street peddler . The victim, Amadou Diallo, died after plainclothes policemen fired 41 bullets at him in the vestibule of his apartment building, hitting him 19 times.


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