Definition of afakasi in English:
afakasi
nounPlural afakasis ˈɑːfəkəsi
A Samoan person with some European ancestry.
most of the Samoans were daughters of afakasi
Example sentencesExamples
- This allowed her to pursue her activities in assisting other young afakasi.
- Through placing them together on one painting they become entwined and begin to represent a coming together of a new culture of people, namely the afakasi.
- The afakasi went in a separate group to their cars.
- The village government schools were for Samoans and were in Samoan; Europeans were excluded, especially half-castes or afakasi, who were classified as European.
- Afakasi, like white women within colonial spaces, made visible particular contradictions about colonial boundaries.
- This is predicated on attitudes of openness toward afakasi.
- They are everywhere - afakasi [half Samoan, half Palagi].
- The achievements of this afakasi population are highly visible and are routinely 'claimed' by both 'sides' of their family.
- Many are afakasi (half-caste) part-Europeans engaged in both business and politics.
- They speak about what it means not just to be a Samoan, but to be an Afakasi.