African

Related to African: African Union, African Languages, African literature, African Countries

African golf ball

offensive slang A watermelon. A reference to the stereotype of black people having an affinity for watermelon. (As former African-American slaves grew and sold watermelons following the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the fruit became representative of their freedom and was then used as a demeaning stereotype by whites who opposed that freedom.)
See also: African, ball, golf

African grape

offensive slang A watermelon. A reference to the stereotype of black people having an affinity for watermelon. (As former African-American slaves grew and sold watermelons following the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the fruit became representative of their freedom and was then used as a demeaning stereotype by whites who opposed that freedom.)
See also: African, grape
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

African golf ball

and African grape
n. a watermelon. (Alludes to an early stereotype of Americans of African descent being very fond of watermelon. Forced, contrived, and demeaning.) When he said we were having African grapes for dessert, I though he meant sherbet. Look at the size of that African golf ball!
See also: African, ball, golf

African grape

verb
See African golf ball
See also: African, grape
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • grape
  • chutney
  • pillow-biter
  • latrino
  • Chinaman's chance
  • Chinaman's chance, he hasn't a/not a
  • fade back
  • not a Chinaman's chance
  • Jew (one)
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The best way to preserve and share African music and dance is to create a school dedicated to teaching of African music and dance.
During his gradual rise to fame as a noted historian of what he called "African world history," Clarke traveled extensively across the continent of Africa, gaining first-hand knowledge about its people, its culture, and its past and present status in the world.
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The second phase of Harlequin's double-barreled seduction of African American readers was the company's November 2005 purchase of BET Books, the publishing arm of Black Entertainment Television that includes the Arabesque, New Spirit and Sepia imprints.
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com/library/bl/blessentials-Independence.htm provides a brief, easy-to-read history of each African country.
Because God's grace is mediated through culture, many also think it is because traditional African religion is close to Catholicism.
Dillard (2005) states "our aim in this book is to promote positive mental health among African Americans" (p.
The credibility of published research is heavily dependent upon the peer review process, yet the average African journal has only a limited number of manuscript reviewers.
Pritchett does not make the point explicitly, but Brownsville, Brooklyn is organized around the complicated interplay of "structure" and "agency" in the lives of African Americans and Jews.