NOur ancestors called their land, TAMERI (or MERITA) which means “beloved land” until the invaders renamed it AFRIKA which literally means burnt soul.
AFRI = burned
Ka = the vital force of a Man
So by giving the name of AFRIKA (AFRICA) to our continent, the consequents (invaders, and colonizers) wanted to insist on the fact that they had succeeded in destroying our vital force our KA by fire.