Every Nation, landmass, and Continent, has names that have evolved over the centuries, all of the names you think "Africa" was called in the distant past are only local names used by a few tribes, nations, and only refer to small sections of the continent. There are multiple ancient african sources for the word AFRICA including the berber word "IFRI", and the berber word "AFER" which is the name of "BANU IFRAN" from Algeria and Tripolitania. Africa can also be derived from the Egyptian AF-RUI-KA, "to turn toward the opening of the KA". The KA is the energetic double of every person and "OPENING OF THE KA" refers to a WOMB or BIRTHPLACE. Africa would be, for the ancient Egyptians, "THE BIRTHPLACE", these and many other ancient sources including HIEROGLYPHS make reference to the tittle or designation AFRICAN. "The first word Afu carries the meaning of house. The second word Ra, is one of the names of the Divine Creator in Africa in general and Egypt in particular. The third word Ka carries the meaning of soul or spirit. When you put it all together you get the word, Afu-Ra-Ka. The meaning of Afu-Ra-Ka is the house for the soul or spirit of the Divine Creator. This word in this form refers to the land of the Divine Creator. The Africans looked at their land as belonging to and created by the Divine Creator. Afu-Ra-Kani, a word derived from Afu-Ra-Ka, also carries the meaning of house for the soul or spirit of the Divine Creator, but in reference to the human being, male in particular. The plural form is Afu-Ra-Kanu, which refers to all males as houses for the spirit or soul of the Divine Creator. Afu-Rait-Kaitnit is the female house for the soul or spirit of the Divine Creator. The plural form is Afu-Rait-Kaitnut, which refers to all females as houses for the soul or spirit of the Divine Creator. This is the philosophy of the Afu-Ra-Kans, (Africans). The Afu-Ra-Kans, (Africans), believed that all human beings were the carriers and houses for the soul and spirit of the Divine Creator." (This information comes from the book, The Destruction Of Black Civilization: Great Issues Of A Race, 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. This book was written by our great ancestor and scholar, Chancellor Williams.) Africa was also called “Akebu-Lan” (mother of mankind) and “Garden of Eden.” This name was used by the numerous tribes and ancient nations including the Nubians, Numidians, Khart-Hadddans (Carthaginians), and people of Kush (Ethiopians). However we never had a single name for the entire continent, we had numerous localized names, but there is no name that was used for the entire continent before Africa. ======================= ALKEBULAN? IS ALKEBULAN THE ORIGINAL NAME OF AFRICA? NO, Alkebulan is just one of the many ancient local names of AFRICA. Among the many ancient names used to describe different areas of our land is Alkebu-lan, which means "MOTHER OF MAN", Alkebulan has also been interpreted as meaning "GARDEN OF EDEN". Alkebulan and Africa are two of the oldest INDIGENOUS names. The many names of our land were local and NEVER referred to the entire continent. ALKEBULAN was used by the Egyptians, Nubians, Numidians, Khart-Haddans (Carthagenians), and Ethiopians (Kush). Africa, the current misnomer adopted by almost everyone today, was adopted and used more widely and across many cultures to describe the continent likely because of the way it is easily translated into many indigenous languages. The ancient Greeks and Romans, and as result of the wide usage of the name Africa came over time to use Africa to describe the whole continent. ............................................ A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS SOURCES FOR THE WORD "AFRICA" The AFARAK, also known as the AOURIGHA, were a Berber people who lived south of Carthage (North Africa). The terms AFARIK or AFRICA were used to denote the LAND OF THE AFARAK. The Phoenician root FARAQUA, which suggests a separation or in other words, diaspora. The same root is found in some African languages, like BAMBARA. In Sanskrit and Hindu, the root APARA or Africa denotes that which, in geographical terms comes "AFTER," or in other words the WEST OF INDIA. From the geographical position of India, the Asian country in which the East Africans established colonies, namely the DRAVIDIAN CULTURE, Africa is the western continent. Another school of thought states that the word Africa comes from two Phoenician terms, one of which means an ear of corn, which was a symbol of fertility in that region, and the other PHARIKIA, which means land of the fruit. Other local names used to descibe our land Africa: AOURIGHA, ETHIOPIA, CORPHYE, ORTEGIA, LIBYA, AFARIK, KEMIT, KUSH, NUBIA, OLYMPIA, GODONGWANA, HESPERIA, TA-MERRY or TA-MERE, OCEANIA. BOTTOM LINE, "AFRICA" HAS MANY INDIGENOUS SOURCES NAMES .............................................. QUESTION: WHY DO SOME NEGROES SAY AFRICA GOT IT'S NAME FROM PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO WHO WAS GIVEN THE ABDOMEN (NICKNAME) "AFRICANUS" AFTER HE DEFEATED THE GREAT GENERAL "HANNIBAL BARCA" AND THEN CALL THEMSELVES "ASIATIC" YET THE SAME NEGROES NEVER SAY "ASIA" GOT IT'S NAME FROM THE BROTHER OF SCIPIO, WHOM WAS REWARDED FOR HIS VICTORIES IN "ASIA" WITH THE ABDOMEN "SCIPIO ASIATICUS"? LUCIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO WHOM WAS BETTER KNOWN AS "SCIPIO ASIATICUS" WAS GIVEN THE ABDOMEN (NICKNAME) "ASIATICUS" BY THE ROMANS JUST LIKE HIS BROTHER WAS GIVEN A ABDOMEN (NICK NAME) "AFRICANUS" WHEN HE DEFEATED HANNIBAL BARCA. ANSWER: The word AFRICA is a indigenous name used by a dozen North and East African Tribes for thousands of years before the Roman republic was ever born, Rome got the name Africa from, guess who, "AFRICANS", so NO Africa is not named after any Romans. ............................................................... WAS AFRICA NAMED BY OR AFTER A ROMAN GENERAL CALLED SCIPIO AFRICANUS? Even if you do not know the many indigenous words and meanings which translate to AFRICA it should be obvious to you that Africa is not a European word, there are not European cities of towns called AFRICA, if Africa was a European word their would be other places named AFRICA. New Age Negroes will falsely tell you that AFRICA got it's name from the Romans, that is a LIE and I have proven this many times, the people spreading this LIE DO NOT KNOW HISTORY, and some of them DO KNOW THE TRUTH BUT CHOOSE TO SPREAD LIES. AFRICA IS NOT A EUROPEAN WORD, and is not named after the ROMAN who's name was CORNELIUS PUBLIUS CORNELIOUS SCIPIO. There are multiple ancient african sources for the word AFRICA including the berber word "IFRI", and the berber word "AFER" which is the name of "BANU IFRAN" from Algeria and Tripolitania. Africa can also be derived from the Egyptian AF-RUI-KA, "to turn toward the opening of the KA". The KA is the energetic double of every person and "OPENING OF THE KA" refers to a WOMB or BIRTHPLACE. Africa would be, for the ancient Egyptians, "THE BIRTHPLACE", these and many other ancient sources including HIEROGLYPHS make reference to the tittle or designation AFRICAN. The Roman General who defeated HANNIBAL was named "PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO", he was best known for defeating Hannibal at the final battle of the SECOND PUNIC WAR (218 - 202 BC) AT ZAMA, a feat that earned him the AGNOMEN (TITTLE) or NICKNAME "AFRICANUS", Scipio was also called by the nickname "THE ROMAN HANNIBAL". He was called "AFRICANUS" because he defeated the greatest AFRICAN General of all time. ROME DID NOT CREATE THE NAME AFRICA, AND ANYONE WHO CLAIMS THEY DID IS MISTAKENLY or PURPOSELY A LIAR A PHONY A FRAUD. BOTTOM LINE : AFRICA IS NOT NAMED AFTER ANY ROMANS, THE ROMANS NAMED THEMSELVES AFTER US. ==================== AFRICANUS IS A "AGNOMEN" - WHAT IS A "AGNOMEN"? To be clear Publius Cornelius Scipio was given a "AGNOMEN" for defeating a General named HANNIBAL BARCA. The AGNOMEN given to Publius Cornelius was "AFRICANUS". Publius Cornelius Scipio was given the TITTLE, "AFRICANUS". Many thousands of Romans and Africans were given the AGNOMEN "AFRICANUS". Roman naming practices varied greatly over the centuries between the founding of Rome to the early Middle Ages. However, the practice of the elite during the period between the mid-Republic and the early Empire has come to be seen as the classical Roman naming convention. This is likely to be because this period provides good evidence of naming practices of the best documented class in the best documented Roman period. By the end of the Republican era, a name for an aristocratic male citizen comprised three parts (tria nomina): praenomen (given name), nomen (or nomen gentile or simply gentilicium, being the name of the gens or clan) and cognomen (name of a family line within the gens). Sometimes a second or third cognomen, called AGNOMEN, was added. The nomen, and later, cognomen were virtually always hereditary. During the Imperial period, the number and options for elements within a name considerably increased. The naming conventions for the later period grew out of a desire to indicate status, connections and ancestry, in a way that was much more wide-ranging than could be shown by the tria nomina. After the cognomen became hereditary and lost its function as a nickname, a second nickname, or AGNOMEN, was appended to the name after birth—usually not immediately—to signify some personal characteristic or accomplishment. A common AGNOMEN was Pius, for someone who displayed virtues like honesty, reverence to the gods, or devotion to family and state. Superbus ("Proud") and Pulcher ("Handsome") were also examples of AGNOMINA. Unlike the nomen and cognomen, an AGNOMEN was usually not inherited unless the son also had the same attribute or did the same deeds, although some victory AGNOMINA like Augustus ("Majestic") and Germanicus ("the German Conqueror)") and of course Scipio Africanus ( the conquorer of Africa) eventually became handed down as additional cognomina. An AGNOMEN (plural: AGNOMINA], in the Roman naming convention, was a nickname, just as the cognomen was initially. However, the cognomina eventually became family names, so AGNOMINA were needed to distinguish between similarly named persons. However, as the AGNOMEN was an additional and optional component in a Roman name, not all Romans had an AGNOMEN. Pseudo-Probus uses the hero of the Punic Wars, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, as an example: “ propria hominum nomina in quattuor species dividuntur, praenomen nomen cognomen agnomen: praenomen, ut puta Publius, nomen Cornelius, cognomen Scipio, agnomen Africanus. " (Men's personal names are of four types, praenomen, nomen, cognomen and agnomen: praenomen for instance Publius, nomen Cornelius, cognomen Scipio and agnomen Africanus.) Marius Victorinus further elucidates: “ I am agnomen extrinsecus venit, et venit tribus modis, aut ex animo aut ex corpore aut ex fortuna: ex animo, sicut Superbus et Pius, ex corpore, sicut Crassus et Pulcher, ex fortuna, sicut Africanus et Creticus. " [Now the agnomen comes from outside, and in three styles, from personality or physique or achievements: From personality, such as Superbus ["Haughty"] and Pius [displaying the Roman syndrome of virtues including honesty, reverence to the gods, devotion to family and state, etc.], from physique, such as Crassus ["Fatty"] and Pulcher ["Handsome"], or from achievements, such as Africanus and Creticus [from their victories in Africa and on Crete]. "Africanus", "Creticus" and the likes are also known as victory titles. For example, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus earned his from the capture of Corioli. SO AGAIN TO BE CLEAR SCIPIO IS NOT THE SOURCE OF THE WORD AFRICA, AFRICANUS IS HIS "VICTORY NAME", BECAUSE HE WON A WAR AGAINST GENERAL HANNIBAL BARCA IN AFRICA. SUMMARY: The Roman General who defeated HANNIBAL was named "PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO", he was best known for defeating Hannibal at the final battle of the SECOND PUNIC WAR (218 - 202 BC) AT ZAMA, a feat that earned him the AGNOMEN (TITTLE) or NICKNAME "AFRICANUS", Scipio was also called by the nickname "THE ROMAN HANNIBAL". He was called AFRICANUS, because he beat the greatest African General of all time. Via Maurice Milles Mansa