He adds that the name Africa had various pronunciation due to Africa’s diversity in language. The Greeks according to him, already knew Africa with the name Africa. He buttresses his point by indicating that the Greeks occupied Africa in 332 BC, followed by the Romans in 30 BC. According to Motosoko Pheko, an African history scholar he writes that, “The name Africa ‘Alkebulan’ has been interpreted as, meaning mother of Nations or mother of mankind, but Africa is also one of the oldest name of names of this continent.” He further argues that the thought that claims that the name Africa never originated from the people and was created by the Romans is totally false. Yet, historians from several continents have argued against this propagated African nameĪccording to another school of thought, the name Africa has always been in existence before the Romans invaded the land. The Greek word “Phrike” meaning cold and horror, and the Latin word “Aprica’’ meaning sunny. Various theories suggest that the word Africa is derived from both a greek and Latin origin. The word Africa was initiated by the Europeans and came into Western use through the Romans after the three Punic battles (264 BC to 146 BC) led by Publius Cornelius Scipio and the people of Carthage which is present-day Tunisia.
This influenced the change of name from Alkebulan to Africa. During this period colonialism was in practice, the Europeans roamed Africa and ruled over her people as slave masters. The name was only initially used only to refer to the Northern parts of Africa. Kemet Golden throne in ancient Egypt | Photo PinterestĪccording to history scholars, the name Africa came into existence in the late 17 th century. More so, both places share the same traditional beliefs, like the gods they worship and the beliefs of the afterlife. He also asserts that the ancestors of the Yorubas were Coptic Christians from Eygpt. According to Samuel in his Manuscript “ The history of the Yorubas from the earliest times to the beginning of the British protectorate,” Samuel argues that some Yoruba historians have led the Yoruba people to believe they originated from Mecca instead of Egypt in North-east Africa. Yet, the argument that west African states originated from Kemet has also been historically backed by Samuel Johnson a Nigerian scholar, who studied the origin of Yorubas in Nigerian for the past 20 years till present.
However, many theories have tried to dispute the fact that West Africa states were initially named Africa and had no prior relationship being part of the ancient Kemet which was under the name of Alkebulan during the days of the old. In Kemetic History of Afrika Dr Diop also connects the revolution of the present west African countries to have originated from ancient Kemet that is today’s Eygpt, West African states like Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Sudan among others. An oil painting of an ancient African man.
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