African vs actor

African and actor both are nouns.

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

As nouns, actor is a hypernym of African; that is, actor is a word with a broader meaning than African:

Other hypernyms of African include doer, worker.

African (noun)	actor (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Africa	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done

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