return to Africa

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
RTA
Pronunciation
/rɪˈtərn tɪ ˈæfrɪkɑ/
Category
Regional
Related Field
African

Examples in Context

  1. Hemingway once recounted receiving an offer from a woman who would happily bankroll his return to Africa(RTA) provided she could join him on safari.
  2. While she is keen to return to South Africa, the Sloan programme has alerted her to other possibilities.
  3. Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippopotamus set out to return to New York after escaping to Africa.
  4. Nearly all plan to return to China eventually or resettle somewhere other than Africa, once they have earned enough money.
  5. The move raises the possibility that international banks, most of whom fled following nationalisations under military rule in the 1970s, may return to snap up Nigerian banks with networks across West Africa as a bridgehead for wider expansion.

Other meanings of RTA