Am I the only one who didnt know Africa was named by European explorers? ...original name bushed

[alpo]

They didnt teach us that shyt in school


Its original name is Alkebulan.. (Mother of mankind)






"Africa" - greek "aphrike" ( without cold)

It’s not the mother of mankind

 

[Bushmaster69]

You can't really shame them because they have established economies, militaries, and intelligence agencies.

Yes, the black man should be ashamed that he doesnt have a respectable economy or military anywhere on the planet

We need to stop making excuses for mediocrity.

Just use the current situation as motivation to do better and chase your goals.

This. I 100% agree. shyt is embarassing.

I'm tired of the complaints and lack of actions from our men.

 

[Ghost Utmost]

Please start studying Brehs

You don't have to wait on a random dude on the internet to stumble on facts

You can start looking up shyt on your own. Don't stop til you run out of things to learn

 

[The Solid One]

Alkebulan is an Arabic word by the way

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

I've known da OG name for years now.

 

[010101]

the cradle the crib*

 

[JackRoss]

That name may have been used by one out of thousands of groups/nations within Africa lol.

nikkas be defensive for no reason

His last name probably St. Pierre and he knows French on accident.

 

[ShenJingPoQi]

Rename the continent
Rename the rivers, mountains and natural wonders (Well the ones that has non original names)
Rename the animals
Redraw the borders(How many Africans died due to aritifical foreign imposed borders, Millions??)
And remove all foreign labels immediately

 

[JackRoss]

Do y'all think Asians & Americans also wallow in self pity because their continent and the countries in them were named by and/or after Europeans? or do some of y'all think that only black people should be held up to this standard and be shamed by this?

Why yall be so sensitive?

 

[Sukairain]

Nope. Professional ancient historian who's fluent in ancient Greek and Latin here. The Greek word for the continent as a whole was Libya. There was no Latin word for it.

Africa comes from _FR_Q_Y_, the Punic word for the lands surrounding Carthage. Punic being a Semetic language was written without vowels (so for instance Hannibal would have spelt his name as HNBL). I'm not sure what vowels were removed from FRQY - it could have been anything. Ufriqiya, Efrequya, Afriqeya, Ifriqiya. The Romans assigned a's and i's to fill in the missing vowels.

 

[Take It In Blood]

Basically what ur saying is....

Not only are black Americans branded with the white mans name

But AFRICA also??!!

 

[Low End Derrick]

I've heard some fukked up racist rumors about the naming of Nigeria

It's named after a river.

Unless the river's racist?

 

[HarlemHottie]

Nope. Professional ancient historian who's fluent in ancient Greek and Latin here. The Greek word for the continent as a whole was Libya. There was no Latin word for it.

Africa comes from _FR_Q_Y_, the Punic word for the lands surrounding Carthage. Punic being a Semetic language was written without vowels (so for instance Hannibal would have spelt his name as HNBL). I'm not sure what vowels were removed from FRQY - it could have been anything. Ufriqiya, Efrequya, Afriqeya, Ifriqiya. The Romans assigned a's and i's to fill in the missing vowels.

Thank you. I was reading this thread mad confused.

Rep if i can.

 

[Peak]

You can't really shame them because they have established economies, militaries, and intelligence agencies.

Yes, the black man should be ashamed that he doesnt have a respectable economy or military anywhere on the planet

We need to stop making excuses for mediocrity.

Just use the current situation as motivation to do better and chase your goals.

South Africa did. Then they disarmed their nuclear program before they transitioned power from to Mandela.

 

[///Vega+++]

Or you could have just read it on the Mtume album