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[QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [QB] Mauritania is not a black African country. It's an African country. It's social hierarchy is one of Yemini Arab invention but there on the spot in Africa. Hassaniya the language of Mauritania is a dialect of Yemini Arabic used by the Banu Hassan who conquered the land. It's infused with Zenaga Tamazight and is unintelligible to Yemini Arabs back in Yemen. Let's be serious. The definition of "black Africa" makes the term no more than an euphemism for "negro Africa" It's a word to divide Africa into colour and culture dichotomies. Like Hamite black Africa(n) is a term to be jettisoned from the vocabulary of progressive Africana students and scholars, In my opinion. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [qb] ^ The word 'Moor' is derived from the Greek word [i]Maure[/i] meaning black. Hence it is the root word for the name of the modern country of Mauritania, which [i]is[/i] a black African country. Moor was used by the Spanish and other Europeans during Medieval times to describe the black North African Muslims. The lighter skinned Berber and Arabs were called [i]Saracen[/i]. Moor was eventually adopted by many North Africans regardless of color due to the prestige it carried due to powerful Moorish dynasties such as the Almoravids. This issue was discussed all too many times before. I suggest you look in the [URL=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=search;search_forum=8]archives[/URL]. [/qb][/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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