n.
giving African character, making something African in nature; replacing European staff or white staff of an organization in Africa with black Africans; bringing under African influence, adapting to African necessities; becoming African (also Africanisation)
Africanization is the modification of place names and personal names to reflect an "African" identity. In some cases, changes are not a change of transliteration rather than of the European name.
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