After the nation's independence, some missions desired to decorate their churches with African motifs.

One annex is called the Zuluwing, decorated with an array of African motifs.

The meal had an African motif and one dish was Zairean oysters.

And don't go looking for hidden African motifs.

They are also handsome, particularly the country breads, whose decoratively cut crusts evoke African motifs.

Some people may detect African motifs in the long, spindly furniture legs.

Another discussion at the church was whether the walls under the gallery ought to be repainted with an African motif or in the traditional pattern.

His was on the west, a much darker room with wood-beamed ceilings and an African motif.

The habanera was the first written music to be rhythmically based on an African motif.

It was a crazy concatenation of Micronesian, African, and native motifs.