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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dana marniche: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [qb] I see. So 'Melano' was merely used as a prefix of emphasis to drive the point that these people were black the same way other tribes had the prefix 'Mauri' added to their names. And it is the Gaetuli who were also called 'Nigritai'. I thought it was the Garamantes who were called this. I wish an ancient map showing all these North African peoples west of Egypt were posted here... Nevermind, I just realized the map Takruri posted has all the peoples and their territories listed; the letters are just too small for me to read clearly! [/qb][/QUOTE]The word "Nigritai" comes from an Afro-Asiatic word for river and probably refers to the Wedh Draa area. The early Berbers of the Wed Regh and Wed Draa are the Darae Getuli of the ancient writers. Richmond Palmer also related the word to the word Taurud. I also had posted the below previously. "Among the Gaetules were a tribe Dari or Darae Gaetuli, there was also a stream called Daradae Ethiopus-i- '(DARAE were a Gaetulian tribe in the W. of Africa, on a mountain stream called Dara, on the S. steppes of M. Atlas, adjacent to the Pharusii. (Plin. V. 1: Oros. i. 2: Leo Afr. P. 602.)'" The Draa (Arabic: درأ) (also spelled Dra or Draâ, in older sources mostly Darha or Dara) is Morocco's longest river (1100 km). 'The inhabitants of the Draa are called Draawa (an exonym), the most famous Draawi undoubtedly being mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh. Outside of the Draa region this name is mostly used to refer to the dark skinned people of Draa which make up the largest portion of its inhabitants.' Retrieved May 13th 2008 from http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Draa-river " The reason the word Nigri or Niger came to be identified blackness is due the the appearance of these Berber peoples. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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