{"id":3213,"date":"2019-08-12T20:51:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T00:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2024-10-08T04:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T04:19:47","slug":"ever-wondered-where-the-continent-of-africa-got-its-name-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/ever-wondered-where-the-continent-of-africa-got-its-name-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever wondered where the continent of Africa got its name from?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some people know the continent of Africa to be a land of ancient civilization, as the second largest continent globally, and a place with greed and undemocratic leaders.  Nevertheless, do you know why the continent was called Africa? Apart from the fact that this continent has rich cultures and traditions<\/a>, many theories<\/a> explain how it got its name. Read on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Romans are believed to popularize the Africa name in Europe. It was during their encounter in the continent, which ended 146 BC during the destruction of the current day Tunisia in the Romans three Punic wars.  They used the word “ Afri terra\u2019\u2019 to refer to a tribe that resided on the upper part of Africa.  Latter they added the Suffix “ica\u2019\u2019 which refers to land in Romans to the root word Afri leading to the name Africa. The Romans as well used the Greek word aprica in referring to this sunny continent. The misinterpretation of the latter words by Africa was the origin of the name Africa, which was popularized by the Romans encounter in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n