23/08/2024
The word "Africa" is thought to have emerged in the late 17th century, and became the name for the entire continent by the end of that century, replacing other names like Guinea, Libya, and Aethiopia. However, the exact origins of the word are still uncertain, and there are many theories about how it came to be
What was Africa called before Africa? The Kemetic or Alkebulan history of Afrika suggests that the ancient name of the continent was Alkebulan. The word Alkebu-Ian is the oldest and the only word of indigenous origin. Alkebulan means the garden of Eden or the mother of mankind.
Cush was mentioned several times in terms of geographical location and as persons' names in the book of Jeremiah. Although debates still exist among scholars as to whether Cush, as a geographical location, refers to Africa or Mesopotamia, I am of the opinion that where Cush is used in the entire Old Testament, it refers to nowhere but Africa and persons of African ancestry
All historians agree that it was the Roman use of the term 'Africa' for parts of Tunisia and Northern Algeria which ultimately, almost 2000 years later, gave the continent its name. There is, however, no consensus amongst scholars as to why the Romans decided to call these provinces 'Africa'.
The African continent essentially consists of five ancient Precambrian cratons—Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Congo, and West African—that were formed between about 3.6 and 2 billion years ago and that basically have been tectonically stable since that time; those cratons are bounded by younger fold belts formed between
The Scramble for Africa was a period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when European countries colonized most of Africa. The term refers to the process of annexation, invasion, and occupation of African territory by European powers, including Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The Scramble was driven by the Second Industrial Revolution and the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914). European countries sought economic and strategic gains, and by 1914, only Liberia and Ethiopia were not controlled by a European power.
None of ya are from Africa ctfu
They just giving you THEIR borders on them DNA tests.... borders from the 19th century is wild, when ya looking for history older than the 1700s
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