What do you consider as an African?

Is it simply being born on our continent?

Explain your thoughts, curious: what determines your Africanness, so to speak?



BACKGROUND: This lady put the following on my facebook page (she claims that she got this from somewhere else in England); she knows I always talk about the definition of African


Again..
An African from Zimbabwe defined African as follows:

Re: How do you define the term African?
The only people I consider African are:
- Those who were born in an African country and have African family members and know which ethnic group they're from and follow some customs.
- Those born outside of Africa but have African family and know which ethnic group they're from and follow some customs.

For example: my cousins were born in England but to Zimbabwean parents, they consider themselves Zimbabwean first before British and eat Zimbabwean food and understand our language.

I don't consider Caribbeans or Afro Americans African though.

Even though I live in England I am African, it would be a joke for me to call myself European so why is it okay the for the other way round (white people).