Several scholars have tried to explain the origin and meaning of the name Africa, but none is convincingly correct. There is little or no certainty on the source or meaning Africa. Several scholars have tried to explain the origin of the word, but none is convincingly correct.
Arabs Ancient Books also refer Africa as Akebu-lan. However, the original name of Africa was Alkebulan. He talks about the risk factors for Bitcoin as an investment asset including origin risk, speculative market structure, regulatory, and environment.
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And many other queries of this sort? Well, the origin of the continent's identity remains a mystery. 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 meaning the garden of Eden or the mother of mankind. The word Africa came into existence in the late 17th century. Initially, it was used to only refer to the northern part of the continent.
Around that time, the continent had been colonized, and the Europeans ruled over its people as slaves. They influenced the change of identity from Alkebulan to its present name.
Before the European settled for the word Africa, the continent was called many other names. They include Corphye, Ortegia, Libya, and Ethiopia. Other names such as the land of Ham Ham means dark skins , mother of mankind, the garden of Eden, dark or black continent, Kingdom in the sky, and the land of cush or kesh referring to the Cushites who were ancient Ethiopian were used.
There exist many theories explaining the origin of the name of this continent. At the time of writing, no one knows the source for sure. However, the theories below shed some light on how this second largest continent with the second largest population acquired its befitting name.
Some scholars believe that the word originated from the Romans.
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