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单词 afakasi
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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.

Origin

1930s: Samoan.

 
 
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