The true name of Africa
A Journey To The Beginning Of Our Continent
Welcome to my first article. It is fitting to start with this topic as my goal with this newsletter is to foster greater unity and understanding of our potential as Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. My interests and work is varied and won’t just be focused on Africa but on all subjects and ideas that I believe are important to us.
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Africa was not originally called Africa. We had a completely different name. What is even more shocking is how few people know this, including myself. The only reason I discovered what I am about to tell you is because I made an assumption that the continent was called something else due to the realisation of how so much of our history has been hidden or misrepresented. So, what was Africa was originally called, why did the name change and who changed it?
The landmass we now know as Africa was home to many peoples over the centuries; Moors, Numidians, Nubians, Carthagenians and Ethiopians. The Moors were one of the most powerful and advanced cultures in the history of mankind and they were responsible for a lot of the development of what we now know as Africa as well as many parts of Europe.
Speaking of Europe, the name Africa was created by Europeans and the Romans popularised it in the west as part of their conquests of the region specifically the northern parts of the continent.
The word Africa has greek and latin origin ‘Aprica’ in latin meaning sunny and ‘Phrike’ in Greek meaning the spirit of horror. That in itself is pretty telling in how we were viewed. The land was known by many names such as Ortigia, Corphye, Libya, and Ethiopia. But what was the original name of Africa? The indigenous name?
It was ALKEBULAN which translates to the garden of eden and mother of mankind.
Now some have tried to say Alkebulan is an Arab name but that is because it sounds and Arabic due to the ‘Al’ at the start of the word. There is no evidence that the name is actually Arabic and there is no direct translation of the word in the Arabic language.
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Thank you for sharing this detailed research.
Very interesting and a fitting & beautiful name