African vs Black African

Black African vs African

African and Black African both are nouns.

African is an adjective but Black African is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African	Yes	Yes	No	No
Black African	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Black African is a hyponym of African; that is, Black African is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than African:

African: a native or inhabitant of Africa
Black African: an African who is Black

Other hyponyms of African include Eurafrican, Algerian, Angolan, Basotho, Bantu, Beninese, Burundian, Cameroonian, Carthaginian, Chadian, Cewa, Chewa, Chichewa, Congolese, Djiboutian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Ewe, Fellata, Fula, Fulah, Fulani, Fulbe, Gabonese, Kenyan, Liberian, Libyan, Madagascan, Malawian, Malian, Mauritanian, Moroccan, Mozambican, Namibian, Nigerian, Nigerien, Senegalese, Sierra Leonean, South African, Sudanese, Swazi, Tanzanian, Togolese, Tuareg, Tunisian, Ugandan, Gambian, Ghanian, Guinean, Rwandan, Somali, Somalian, Xhosa, Zairean, Zairese, Zambian, Zimbabwean, Zulu, Berber.

African (noun)	Black African (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Africa	an African who is Black

African (adjective)	Black African (adjective)
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples

Difference between African and Black African

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