Nice lesson in one of my favorite subjects - etymology! Have always been fascinated w/ where words come from and how they evolve and are incorporated into a language. My mother impressed the power of words to me when she told me, "Words define everything in the world and, for all intents and purposes, if something doesn't have a word associated w/ it, that thing doesn't really exist." Without words we're dumb. Sorry, just had to, as it was hanging there, like a low lying fruit. lol
I've bought a fascinaating map a couple of years ago that shows the english translation of all country, continent and so on names (major cities, rivers and similar landmarks too) aand it is awesome. Even in the British Isles there is SO much that has got a hidden meaning.
It’s bs. Africa was Ham, Israel was Canaan (Canaanites). It’s been acknowledged that Ham and Canaan were black. And, possibly written into the Bible as slaves (3000+ years). “The Curse of Ham”. The reason Cannan was “punished” (not Ham) was to justify taking the land of Canaan (Israel) Smh Origin of Hebrew language: ruclips.net/video/vKQ5280A2mM/видео.html
@@yacineabelharrachi5888 C'mon he's probably portuguese. I know it's 2021, but this comment was way before 2020; when people, you know, started thinking like cavemen again.
Little correction: The Romans mostly settled in the fertile region of Tunisia (north + center + coastline). Only Southern Tunisia is a desert, the rest is Fertile. Actually Tunisia used to be called the bread basket of the Roman Empire. Tunisia was called Africa/Ifriqyah up until the Ottoman Empire meaning that name lasted very long in Tunisia. Sometimes Europeans would add "Africanus" to the names of People who came from around modern day Tunisia eg Leo Africanus or Constantine the African. I believe it most likely comes from the Berber word Afri. In fact "the same word may be found in the name of the Banu Ifran from Algeria and Tripolitania, a Berber tribe originally from Yafran (also known as Ifrane) in northwestern Libya".
@@supera2960 They DESTROYED Carthage and tried to wipe it from the face of the earth (by salting the ground it was once built on. Seeing it rebuilt a couple of miles away must have been a constant source of irritation for the Rome-part of the Roman Empire (as opposed to the Eastern/byzantine part) I'm not even sure if Qartash even used its own city name for the whole Empire they ruled or if it was something like Neo Phoenicia
3:49 the only time I've been to Africa I was in the Sahara desert and it was 117 Fahrenheit. It was burning my skin like a lighter just to stand outside of the shade. Quite fitting.
I have a Congolese friend he tells me you're not African because you're white I am tunisian then I am african African doesn't mean black for example an Indian a Japanese a Malaysian an Iranian a Lebanese are Asians while they have different skin colors same thing in africa .. Africa is the most ethnically diverse continent
The name Africa came from the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia, So Tunisia gave Africa its name
there's so many words that sound like "afrika" that perhaps it was just called afrika, and other languages adapted that word as a word that described it was to them.
1) The Greek explanation of aphrike is very unlikely, as it is a contortion to fit the facts. Instead of calling something "not cold", you'd just call it "hot", would you not? And, in, Greek, that is thermos. 2) The Latin explanation of aprica is also unlikely, primarily because there would be no reason to have Africa Terrae instead of Aprica Terrae. Latin was not in the habit of admitting regional pronunciations and changes in pronunciation take time, which wouldn't have been the case here. Also the above explanations overemphasize European influence, as if Europe would be more likely to name another continent than the natives. 3) The Afri or Ifri explanation is far more likely. This is because both of those words share the same underlying root of '-f-r which means "soil" or "dust". This root is common across Afro-Asiatic languages, which are native to the region. Also, there was a famous Roman general, Scipius, who ran successful military campaigns against Carthage, from before there was even a Roman province there, and he was honored with the appellation Africanus, which shows that the term Africa was in use before there was a province there, which suggests that Africa derives form a local term, and the best one available is Afri, the people of the dust. It's a similar situation to the origin of Libya with the Libu people.
I like the "sunny" etymology best, because if it's true, then the great Roman general who defeated Hannibal is named Scipio the Sunny (or Scipio of the sunny place, I suppose). That amuses me greatly.
I believe you are referring to scipio Africanus. The africanus in his name is a nick name for his victories in Africa. Similarly julius caesar was often called julius germanicus for his victories in germania.
The Romans were already calling the land/peoples around Carthage Africa long before the height of their empire and long before the province existed. After the second Punic war Scipio was granted the agnomen Africanus "The African" a title given to a Roman conqueror of those lands/peoples (e.g. Marcus Antonius Creticus "The Cretian" for conquering Crete). Considering the Romans named him Africanus despite him fighting the 2nd Punic War against the Carthaginians, my guess is the Romans derived the name from Carthage somehow, or Carthage named the lands they owned themselves.
3:20 btw in syria afar still means dust. I am not sure if the word exists in standard Arabic ( in standard there is a word means dust which is gubar but may be both are used as a standard 🤷♂️)
I really agree with the meaning of Libya as a land of Libu people because in Oromo language(Cushitic ) the word ''biya '' means land of ... or country of ... some body. So I expect Libya comes from( Lib- Biya) which is Libu and Biya to mean land of the Libu people. On top of this I also expect the name Africa comes from Ethiopian ''Afar'', not dust but Afar regional state were Lucy the first mankind was found, the origin of human beings. Thanks
One more believable theory is it would come from the Afar people. They have long been an important trade nation for the salt they have access to. Tuaregs have it too, but they live deeper in Sahara, whereas the Afar live close to the coast in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti. So accessible very early on in the European history. Djibouti was earlier known as the Afar & Issa land, the Issas are one Somali tribe. And those nations still exist there. That land is near the mouth of the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, a good trade location.
The afer or afar theory might be valid but only if the Phoenicians were dominant enough to name the land themselves which they weren't at the time. Another contender as the root of the name is the word Afrag which means barricade, or enclosed area. Berbers call their habitat and any land attached to it "afrag". I still believe the cave land theory is more plausible. You might have heard the famous quote "Africa is for the Africans" (Ifrica n' yifriqen) said by Masnsen (Massinissa, born c. 238 bc-died 148 bc) king of Numidia (part of modern day Algeria and tinisia) and he meant that land he ruled and his people the Massylians and other Berber tribes united as the kingdom of Numidia. By the way, i dropped your video in the comment section of another video on the same topic, only the people there are all Afrocentic Hoteps. LOL.
I don’t think it matters if the Phoenicians were dominant, only dominantly literate. The dominant cultures could have called it whatever they like, and we wouldn’t know because no literary artefacts survive.
im berber (kabylia / algeria ) and you are right its that meaning but i dont think its named after this cuz berbers in morocco or in tunisia it means another things
Decent video, would be better if you provided sources somewhere. There's a lot of competing theories and conflicting info floating around about this so it's hard to know what's really believable.
In Algeria we still use the word " ifri" for " cave" and we also have the word " afrag" that means " the protected land" nowadays it's most refering to " backyard", so it could have a relation with the name " Africa"
It made more sense that it came from Carthage meaning dusty. The Romans hated and feared Carthage so they, giving it a negative name makes sense. Also, when Rome destroyed Carthage they turned that once great city to dust.
Huh, I always thought it originated from Scipio Africanus cause there was a legend that Scipio could not be defeated in Africa, so I always thought people would associate Africa with well Africanus. But then again its a guess I created...
I noticed in the Latin translation of the Acts of the Apostles (27.12) the word "Africum" (meaning: southwest) is a translation of the Greek word λίβα (Libya).
Notice how this history is through the guise of Europeans. Valid when talking about naming conventions, but completely breezes over the names granted to the land be those native to the land
isma hazza the pronounciation changed a bit from "ifriqiya" (with a stress on the y) adressing the only nothern part, to "ifriqia" for the whole continent
There are an ethnic group in Eritrrea and Ethiopia called 'Afar'...who love largely along the coast of the Red Sea...so, may be the name Africa is related to them.
This video is historically incorrect in many places. I really would suggest viewers double check into the information used here before spreading this information.
This guy is extremely ignorant. He just spew nonsense with out making any research. The name Africa was there even before the Romans existed. The name came in to use after the himyarite king Ifriqia bin Abrahah conquered and subjugated the native inhabitants of Afar region which we call them Afar tribes of East Africa. The scoral ibn khalikah have written to much about this , but this guy seems to focus on only Eurocenteric sources ( which btw get all there knowledge about the geography from the library of Alexanderia)
Let us go back to the original name of our beautiful continent which was given by our forefathers and mothers. ALKEBULAN which means the Mother of mankind or Garden of Eden.
A king of the old yemen kingdom called king ( africash son of abraha of the mnar ) He rolled way way before the romans and he conquered tunisi and he called it africash Thats what i know
No actually he conquered the tribes of Afar in east africa. Thats how the continent got its name. And this all happened before the existence of romans , but Eurocenteric scholars think they invented everything and named every places. Lol
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It got its name from the song Africa by Toto
damn I just wanted to make that joke when I saw your comment
@@LibertarianLeninistRants You still can
@joelabo I didn't knew such a Great song existed before the memes
Its very old for my generation to listen
So I think I Spread it even more :)
lOl yOU So sTUpiD aFrICA bY TOtO iS naMeD aFTer tHe COnTinEnT lMAo sTUpiD mILLeniAL
I miss the rain down there.
That’s crazy. I’m Ethiopian & ‘Afer’ means soil/dirt in my language too
Same in Hebrew, it's actually from the bible "עפר" can be pronounced as 'afer', 'afar' or 'efer'.
🤔
I like what @truth matters and what @worst girl are pointing to. Your theory’s make more since you me. Thank you
Gotta love them Semitic languages family
@@hellfun1337😊
"Where do you come from, friend?"
"I come from afar"
"Afar....hmmmmm? Never heard of it, but ok. I shall call you African"
Afar is in erirea and djibuti next to yemen. Its named by a king Ifriqa ibn abrahah.
lol
Am heree am afar bro
@@redsea334 Afar isn't in erirea and djibuti next to yemen bro Afar is in ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹
My name is Jamar
Afar is soil in Hebrew as well, the sister language of pheonician. The bible says: "from Afar you came and to Afar you shall return"
Jonathan Rotem also in Arabic, عفار، afar, means dust, but Arabs wouldve called it afariqa :p
@@ahmedhafez3097
Shukran ya zalame (:
that's funny because we really came from africa and if humanity fails against climate change, they will have to return there.
I am pretty sure they all derives from Canaanites languages.
@@dennythedavinchi3832
No they don't
Tunisia was called Ifriqqiya
I like the Greek name origin theory: not cold.
but it does snow in parts of north africa
@@underarock9447 where??? We dont have snow in Ukraine
@@ІринаБашинська-з1и ukraine is not North africa and it does snow there too
@@underarock9447 You sure?
@@JastwatchingYT about what?
Nice lesson in one of my favorite subjects - etymology! Have always been fascinated w/ where words come from and how they evolve and are incorporated into a language. My mother impressed the power of words to me when she told me, "Words define everything in the world and, for all intents and purposes, if something doesn't have a word associated w/ it, that thing doesn't really exist." Without words we're dumb. Sorry, just had to, as it was hanging there, like a low lying fruit. lol
I've bought a fascinaating map a couple of years ago that shows the english translation of all country, continent and so on names (major cities, rivers and similar landmarks too) aand it is awesome. Even in the British Isles there is SO much that has got a hidden meaning.
@@Ugly_German_Truths Title of the book, please? Sounds interesting.
It’s bs. Africa was Ham, Israel was Canaan (Canaanites). It’s been acknowledged that Ham and Canaan were black. And, possibly written into the Bible as slaves (3000+ years). “The Curse of Ham”. The reason Cannan was “punished” (not Ham) was to justify taking the land of Canaan (Israel) Smh
Origin of Hebrew language: ruclips.net/video/vKQ5280A2mM/видео.html
1:25 a video about Africa and then appears a random clip from a beach in Portugal
T. Alberto Barbosa
Link ?
@@yacineabelharrachi5888 C'mon he's probably portuguese. I know it's 2021, but this comment was way before 2020; when people, you know, started thinking like cavemen again.
Little correction: The Romans mostly settled in the fertile region of Tunisia (north + center + coastline). Only Southern Tunisia is a desert, the rest is Fertile. Actually Tunisia used to be called the bread basket of the Roman Empire.
Tunisia was called Africa/Ifriqyah up until the Ottoman Empire meaning that name lasted very long in Tunisia.
Sometimes Europeans would add "Africanus" to the names of People who came from around modern day Tunisia eg Leo Africanus or Constantine the African.
I believe it most likely comes from the Berber word Afri. In fact "the same word may be found in the name of the Banu Ifran from Algeria and Tripolitania, a Berber tribe originally from Yafran (also known as Ifrane) in northwestern Libya".
Isn't carthage located there?.. Why would they call it anything else..
"Actually Tunisia used to be called the bread basket of the Roman Empire."
I've only ever heard that said about AEGYPTUS.
@@supera2960 They DESTROYED Carthage and tried to wipe it from the face of the earth (by salting the ground it was once built on. Seeing it rebuilt a couple of miles away must have been a constant source of irritation for the Rome-part of the Roman Empire (as opposed to the Eastern/byzantine part) I'm not even sure if Qartash even used its own city name for the whole Empire they ruled or if it was something like Neo Phoenicia
@@supera2960 Because Carthage is just one city
Bubble North Africa was the breadbasket meaning Africa and Egypthus and the numidia
3:49 the only time I've been to Africa I was in the Sahara desert and it was 117 Fahrenheit. It was burning my skin like a lighter just to stand outside of the shade. Quite fitting.
1:02 berber definitely needs a barber.
naaahhh cant do that we just love the barbe hhhh well he needed a shower after a nice sandstorm
I'm Berber and this is so funny
I have a Congolese friend he tells me you're not African because you're white
I am tunisian then I am african
African doesn't mean black
for example an Indian a Japanese a Malaysian an Iranian a Lebanese are Asians while they have different skin colors
same thing in africa ..
Africa is the most ethnically diverse continent
He is right
The irony is palpable.
@@Tunisianbeautieswrong* Tunisians and north Africans are the real Africans
@julia2k8 not the asians who live in North africa now
@@Speedofdark339 there are no Asians living in North Africa
The name Africa came from the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia, So Tunisia gave Africa its name
Africa is the name of north Africa !
there's so many words that sound like "afrika" that perhaps it was just called afrika, and other languages adapted that word as a word that described it was to them.
So Tunisia gave Africa its name
Not specifically Tunisia but the Berber language , they have the word ifri and called tribes and places with this word
Apparently if you go further south they do not even know what africa is
Pretty much, they just love to make things complicated in the comment section.
2000 views should be 2 million!
شكون من تونس؟؟
Afar is a tribe who live in Horn of Africa. You have to do more research.
a carthaginian from tamazgha "Tunisia" passed thru here .
i'm tunisian
It could very well be a combination of all three of those origins. The Romans were not averse to clever wordplay.
According to Africans it was actually known as Alkebulan.
Then: How is it on my coast, Africa?
Now: How is it on my coast, Libya?
Your channel is blowing up and I'm here for it. Keep up the amazing content!!
1) The Greek explanation of aphrike is very unlikely, as it is a contortion to fit the facts. Instead of calling something "not cold", you'd just call it "hot", would you not? And, in, Greek, that is thermos. 2) The Latin explanation of aprica is also unlikely, primarily because there would be no reason to have Africa Terrae instead of Aprica Terrae. Latin was not in the habit of admitting regional pronunciations and changes in pronunciation take time, which wouldn't have been the case here. Also the above explanations overemphasize European influence, as if Europe would be more likely to name another continent than the natives. 3) The Afri or Ifri explanation is far more likely. This is because both of those words share the same underlying root of '-f-r which means "soil" or "dust". This root is common across Afro-Asiatic languages, which are native to the region. Also, there was a famous Roman general, Scipius, who ran successful military campaigns against Carthage, from before there was even a Roman province there, and he was honored with the appellation Africanus, which shows that the term Africa was in use before there was a province there, which suggests that Africa derives form a local term, and the best one available is Afri, the people of the dust. It's a similar situation to the origin of Libya with the Libu people.
I usually go to african owned youtube channels for info about Africa, but this was decent!
Right
Do you have any other good channels to check out
most of these videos end with "aside from these theories no one really knows how it got it's name"
I like the "sunny" etymology best, because if it's true, then the great Roman general who defeated Hannibal is named Scipio the Sunny (or Scipio of the sunny place, I suppose). That amuses me greatly.
I believe you are referring to scipio Africanus. The africanus in his name is a nick name for his victories in Africa. Similarly julius caesar was often called julius germanicus for his victories in germania.
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The Romans were already calling the land/peoples around Carthage Africa long before the height of their empire and long before the province existed. After the second Punic war Scipio was granted the agnomen Africanus "The African" a title given to a Roman conqueror of those lands/peoples (e.g. Marcus Antonius Creticus "The Cretian" for conquering Crete). Considering the Romans named him Africanus despite him fighting the 2nd Punic War against the Carthaginians, my guess is the Romans derived the name from Carthage somehow, or Carthage named the lands they owned themselves.
In the Roman Empire there was a client general called Scipio Africano. He conquered the land of Carthage so entire land mass was named after him
The name Africa already existed, he was named after it
* Scipio Africanus chuckles *
Interesting video, found it on reddit
more videos like it coming soon!
So basically it got Its name through colonization
best researched video bro!!
Keep up the good work!!
Thanks! I'll try my best!
Can we get a video about afar
Atlas Pro : How this place got its name?
Me : Well, that's obvious
Atlas Pro : No
They named it Africa because not-Africa was taken.
And just a reminder.... Summerians have a written system 3000 years before any african land (Egypt)
I thought it's named from ifri in Algeria
its water wtf
@@dragenmaster5385 that water was named after a mountain called ifri.
@@nziom and the mountain ifri is called after the word ifri xd
@@dragenmaster5385 yes and there is a theory that the content was named after it too.
Ur channel is soooooooo good
U deserve more subs
3:20 btw in syria afar still means dust. I am not sure if the word exists in standard Arabic ( in standard there is a word means dust which is gubar but may be both are used as a standard 🤷♂️)
AEthiopians would have been much smaller population back in the day.
AFRU-IKA
Africa came from the Berber Godess IFRI
Africa is derived from the Berber word "Ifran", which means caves or land of caves.
NOPE ROMAN
Uuuh
@@solinvictus2052 you are FUCKING DUMB
My theory is when they discovered Africa they said " ah frick, ahhh. Hey lets putt that togetther, africa. That sounds good. Lets call it Africa."
I really agree with the meaning of Libya as a land of Libu people because in Oromo language(Cushitic ) the word ''biya '' means land of ... or country of ... some body. So I expect Libya comes from( Lib- Biya) which is Libu and Biya to mean land of the Libu people. On top of this I also expect the name Africa comes from Ethiopian ''Afar'', not dust but Afar regional state were Lucy the first mankind was found, the origin of human beings. Thanks
I like the name Ifriqiya.
It's called Africa because that's what it says on the map, duh
I always thought it was named after the Four Winds, Africus being the southwest.
Where did you learn this. Actualy quite interesting.
One more believable theory is it would come from the Afar people. They have long been an important trade nation for the salt they have access to. Tuaregs have it too, but they live deeper in Sahara, whereas the Afar live close to the coast in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti. So accessible very early on in the European history. Djibouti was earlier known as the Afar & Issa land, the Issas are one Somali tribe. And those nations still exist there. That land is near the mouth of the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, a good trade location.
The afer or afar theory might be valid but only if the Phoenicians were dominant enough to name the land themselves which they weren't at the time.
Another contender as the root of the name is the word Afrag which means barricade, or enclosed area. Berbers call their habitat and any land attached to it "afrag". I still believe the cave land theory is more plausible.
You might have heard the famous quote "Africa is for the Africans" (Ifrica n' yifriqen) said by Masnsen (Massinissa, born c. 238 bc-died 148 bc) king of Numidia (part of modern day Algeria and tinisia) and he meant that land he ruled and his people the Massylians and other Berber tribes united as the kingdom of Numidia.
By the way, i dropped your video in the comment section of another video on the same topic, only the people there are all Afrocentic Hoteps. LOL.
But the video stated that "afar" is a Phoenician word, not Greek?
@@jasondoe2596 Fixed it.
@Boy In The Cave 👍
I don’t think it matters if the Phoenicians were dominant, only dominantly literate. The dominant cultures could have called it whatever they like, and we wouldn’t know because no literary artefacts survive.
im berber (kabylia / algeria ) and you are right its that meaning but i dont think its named after this cuz berbers in morocco or in tunisia it means another things
i lov africa
You missed the use of Africa bu pheniciens. They lived in the Mediterranean sea coasts before the romans existed.
That first theory makes the most sense to me. Africa-land of Afri.
They named it after the song
Atlas pro sounds like the name for some kind of next gen smartphone
or a bodybuilding webinar
Or a cryptocurrency... 😆
It comes from the Afar people Northeast Africa
Maybe ask the people of Africa how they’re continent was named before the colonizers?
Exactly
ALKEBULAN WAS IT'S NAME.
Tunisians used to call it Afrikia up to the 18th century, it was its name since the defeat of Carthage
Decent video, would be better if you provided sources somewhere. There's a lot of competing theories and conflicting info floating around about this so it's hard to know what's really believable.
Alkebulan
In Algeria we still use the word " ifri" for " cave" and we also have the word " afrag" that means " the protected land" nowadays it's most refering to " backyard", so it could have a relation with the name " Africa"
It made more sense that it came from Carthage meaning dusty. The Romans hated
and feared Carthage so they, giving it a negative name makes sense. Also, when
Rome destroyed Carthage they turned that once great city to dust.
Huh, I always thought it originated from Scipio Africanus cause there was a legend that Scipio could not be defeated in Africa, so I always thought people would associate Africa with well Africanus. But then again its a guess I created...
But how are you gonna explain his little brother's name, Scipio Asianus?
and their trans cousin Scipia Americanus?
lol Scipio Africanus got his name from Africa, not the other way round...
@@dennythedavinchi3832 remember he have an older brother that isnt very know calles Scipio Antarticus
@@pancracioreturns867 I never heard of that guy and I don't see him in google also.
I noticed in the Latin translation of the Acts of the Apostles (27.12) the word "Africum" (meaning: southwest) is a translation of the Greek word λίβα (Libya).
Bless the rains down in Africa 🗿💯🐯🌚
sadly it never rains here, always fucking hot
@@dragenmaster5385 well it's spring now and it's still fucking cold here at morocco
@@alexlieutenant4003 you must be lucky, its hot in algeria
Its a berber term obviously ifri/ ifran (plu.) and in berber we say Tifriqt
Notice how this history is through the guise of Europeans. Valid when talking about naming conventions, but completely breezes over the names granted to the land be those native to the land
Because it was not a self-contained civilization in sub-Saharan Africa, there are no manuscripts or writings, they were just tribes
Hometeam on Patron tells the real story of how Africa got its name.
in Arabic it's still Ifriquia
isma hazza the pronounciation changed a bit from "ifriqiya" (with a stress on the y) adressing the only nothern part, to "ifriqia" for the whole continent
إفريقية في التاريخ تعنى تونس وليس القارة، وهو نفس التعبير الرومانى لتونس كذلك ومنه اخذت القارة اسمها لاحقا
good video, i'm a berber from morroco, it's also true we are light skin/fair skin people for the most part
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The best names have multiple meanings
This is definitely European history and perspective only.
Update, oldest human remains found in America!
I like the theory that the native Nicaguarians (spelling) came up with it.
There are records of what the empires in Africa called Africa?
There are an ethnic group in Eritrrea and Ethiopia called 'Afar'...who love largely along the coast of the Red Sea...so, may be the name Africa is related to them.
This video is historically incorrect in many places. I really would suggest viewers double check into the information used here before spreading this information.
I like the Romans naming Africa after the Afri people. As for the origin of the Afri.... idk maybe that's their own name.
There's an East African tribe known as Afar
This guy is extremely ignorant. He just spew nonsense with out making any research. The name Africa was there even before the Romans existed. The name came in to use after the himyarite king Ifriqia bin Abrahah conquered and subjugated the native inhabitants of Afar region which we call them Afar tribes of East Africa. The scoral ibn khalikah have written to much about this , but this guy seems to focus on only Eurocenteric sources ( which btw get all there knowledge about the geography from the library of Alexanderia)
The name Africa is from the Roman general that Conquered Carthage. The general’s name was Scipio Africanus.
it was the way around
Cool one
Hano the navigator went far beyond the northern coast to modern day camaroon
The origins must be Phoenician
@TINANOUTA and who you are to say so?
@TINANOUTA hhhhh....and what has a historical name to do with the modern DNA tests? 😂
@TINANOUTA أغبى من البربر ما رأيت في حياتي 😂😂
Thr dust theory reminds me of the Martian “Dusters” in The Expanse.
Connor Halleck it gets very dusty few times/year, like the cities are filled with sand (not mountains of it, but you'd find heaps everywhere)
The Egyptian called it Af rui Ka
Ngl ive never heard Tunisia pronounced the way you do
If the 1 continent theory is true I doubt "Africa" is the place where humanity started.
Continental drift broke Pangea apart millions of years before man appeared.
Africa is the North of tunisia 🇹🇳 Even today we call it friga
so Africa is The land of Hot Sunny Dusty Cave
Akmal Hariz sounds about right for the Sahara
It doesn't matter how it got the name because no one that lives in Africa calls it Africa
Let us go back to the original name of our beautiful continent which was given by our forefathers and mothers. ALKEBULAN which means the Mother of mankind or Garden of Eden.
Exactly! Alkebulan is what I call it....not Africa!
Great video! Never seen this channel before reddit sent me here, but I like it a lot!
Thanks! I'm fairly new, but so glad you enjoyed :)
Why don't they just ask the natives of the continent what they call the continent? They don't call it Africa.
Never have.
we do, it was the name of my country for much of its history
Well, which one of the thousands of native cultures will you ask?
It was named after the popular song Africa! Duhh 🙄😑
y do so many ppl have the deus ex icon?
@@ar_xiv Its a meme
The word Africa comes from the combination of two brother. These brothers are descendants of Abraham. Please see Flavious Josephus
no, i was extremely unsatisfied. i was hoping you'd explain how scipio africanus and the afrikaaners fit into the whole thing
gonna see if hometeam history does any better
What about Scipio Africanus??
A king of the old yemen kingdom called king ( africash son of abraha of the mnar )
He rolled way way before the romans and he conquered tunisi and he called it africash
Thats what i know
Ugh the old yemen theory , it ain't true
Unproven
He was himyarite king.
No actually he conquered the tribes of Afar in east africa. Thats how the continent got its name. And this all happened before the existence of romans , but Eurocenteric scholars think they invented everything and named every places. Lol