Lhen the name "Africa" did not yet exist, we spoke, to refer to the regions of this territory, of Kathiopa, land of Ethiopia, land of "Cham", land of "Coush", land of "Sheba ", From Alkebulan ... According to the famous historian Ibn Khaldoun, these lands received the name" IFRIQIYA "(Africa) after the invasion of one of the Arab kings of Yemen, who bore the name" Ifriqos bin Qais bin Saifi ", This king will seize the lands of the North (Magreb, etc.), and from then on these will bear the name relating to him, that is to say" Ifriqya "(Africa). In addition, the famous explorer Leon the African, says in his book cosmographia of affrica that the name Africa was given by Malek-Afriki, King Sabaean, when he invaded northern Africa (present-day Maghreb).
- the Europeans indicate us by the word Africans having for origin the word Ifriqiya, name of a Berber tribe installed at the Roman time, between Tunisia and Eastern Algeria.
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Negro Nations and Culture: From Egyptian Nepot Antiquity to the Cultural Problems of Today's Black Africa
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Release Date | 2000-07-11T00:00:01Z |
Edition | 4e edition |
Language | Français |
Number Of Pages | 564 |
Publication Date | 2000-07-11T00:00:01Z |