ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to the countries or cultures or people of West Africa
NOUN
- a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa
How To Use West African In A Sentence
- The birds include ten species of herons including grey heron Ardea cinerea, goliath heron A. goliath and yellow-billed egret Egretta intermedia, hammerkop Scopus umbretta, four of the six West African species of stork, ducks, five of the six West African species of vulture, hawks, plovers and francolins and black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus. Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire
- He specializes in West African percussion and will be playing with a few friends of his.
- His large wooden desk is covered and surrounded by a collection of antique Montblanc pens, West African Bobo masks he collects them because they share his name and odd-looking sculptures of goats and rams in clothing by artist Sergio Bustamante. A Gathering Place as Warm as the Conversation
- ACCRA - West African heads of state gathered in Ghana's capital Accra for a fresh push to put Liberia's derailed peace process back on track. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Then came the '70s with West African juju and high life music whose main purveyors were the Osibisa, Manu Dibango and late Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
- The birds include ten species of herons including grey heron Ardea cinerea, goliath heron A. goliath and yellow-billed egret Egretta intermedia, hammerkop Scopus umbretta, four of the six West African species of stork, ducks, five of the six West African species of vulture, hawks, plovers and francolins and black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus. Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire
- Speaking in an interview in Lusaka yesterday, she said Zambian gemstones were fetching five dollars per carat, equivalent of five grammes, on the West African market.
- With his beautiful and sophisticated music, Diallo is a purveyor of West African heritage, but also makes use of the latest advances in technology to appeal equally to the head, the heart and the feet.
- He stresses the need for a wider view of west African boubou styles and their interrelationships.
- Despite the pervasive nature of creolisation on Barbados, it is a mistake to conclude that West African cultural patterns were stripped from the black population.