Aug 26 · 2013
afro-native-goddess: “ realsmurk: “ Did you know that the ancient name of Africa was Alkebulan? “Among the many names Alkebu-lan ["mother of mankind” or “garden of eden”] was called are the following: “Ethiopia, Corphye, Ortegia, Libya and Africa -...

afro-native-goddess:

realsmurk:

Did you know that the ancient name of Africa was Alkebulan?

“Among the many names Alkebu-lan ["mother of mankind” or “garden of eden”] was called are the following: “Ethiopia, Corphye, Ortegia, Libya and Africa - the latest of all. Alkebulan is the oldest and the only one of indigenous origin. It was used by the Moors, Nubians, Numidians, Khart-Haddans (Carthagenians), and Ethiopians. Africa, the current misnomer adopted by almost everyone today , was given to this continent by the ancient Greeks and Romans. ”

Yes the continent got its name after Scipio Africanus…some ole white man from Greece/Rome. A lot of black historians don’t even like calling it Africa because of that fact.

(via kn207)

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