Izwi rokuti "Africa" inopikisa iyo inoita mifananidzo yakasiyana yevanhu vakasiyana. Kune vamwe, iyo yenzou yakanyanyisa nyanga dzenyanga dzenyanga dzenzou yakamira pamberi pezvitsuwa zvechando zveGomo re Kilimanjaro ; kune vamwe, ichitsuwa chinopenya chiri kumucheto kwerenje reSahara rakaoma. Iri irowo shoko rine simba-iro rinotaura nezvekufambira mberi nekuongorora, uori uye urombo, rusununguko uye chakavanzika. Kune vanhu 1.2 mabhiriyoni, izwi rokuti "Africa" rinowiriranawo neshoko rokuti "kumba"-asi rinobva kupi?
Kwete-munhu anoziva zvechokwadi, asi munyaya ino, tinotarisa zvishomanana zvemashoko akawanda.
Dzidziso yeRoma
Vamwe vanodavira kuti shoko rokuti "Africa" rakabva kune vaRoma, avo vakatumidza nyika yavakawana kune rumwe rutivi rweMediterranean pashure peBerber rudzi raigara muCarthage (ikozvino mazuva ano eTinisia). Nzvimbo dzakasiyana dzakasiyana dzinopa shanduko dzakasiyana dzezita remadzinza, asi inonyanya kuzivikanwa ndiAfri. Zvinofungidzirwa kuti vaRoma vakadana nzvimbo Afri-terra, zvinoreva "nyika yeAfri". Gare gare, izvi zvingave zvakabvumirana kuti zvive neshoko rimwechete rokuti "Africa".
Zvimwewo, dzimwe nyanzvi dzakaitika dzinoratidza kuti chakakwana "-ica" chingave chakashandiswa kureva "nyika yeAfri", zvakafanana nenzira iyo Celtica (iyo nzvimbo yezuva ranhasi reFrance) yakatumidzwa zita reCeltae, kana kuti MaCelt aigara imomo. Zvinogona zvakare kuti zita racho raiva reRoma kusanzwisiswa kwezita raBerber pachake panzvimbo yavakagara.
Izwi rechi Berber rokuti "ifri" rinoreva gomba, uye rinogona kutarisa kune nzvimbo yemagare-vagari.
Zvose izvi zvinyorwa zvikweretwa nekuti zita rokuti "Africa" rave riri kushandiswa kubvira panguva dzeRoma, kunyange pakutanga pakutanga rinongotaura kuNorth Africa .
Dzidziso yeFenikiya
Vamwe vanotenda kuti zita rokuti "Africa" rakabva pamashoko maviri eFenike, "friqi" uye "pharika".
Kufunga kushandura segorosi nemichero, kufungidzira ndeyokuti vaFenien vakanyora Africa se "nyika yezviyo nemichero". Iyi nyanzvi inoita pfungwa - shure kwezvose, vaFenikiya vaiva vanhu vekare vaigara muguta-mhiri kumhenderekedzo yekumabvazuva kweMediterranean (izvo zvatinoziva zvino seSiriya, Rebhanoni neIsrael). Vakanga vari vafambisi vezvikepe uye vaitengesa vakawanda, uye vangadai vakayambuka gungwa kuti vatengeserane nevavakidzani vavo vekare veEgipita. Iyo yakaorera Nile Valley yakave ichizivikanwa sechingwa chekudya cheAfrica-nzvimbo ine zvakawanda kupfuura chikamu chayo chakanaka chemichero uye chibage.
Nyaya Yehu Weather
Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinoverengeka dzakabatana nemamiriro ekunze kwekondinendi. Vamwe vanodavira kuti shoko rokuti "Africa" rinobva kune rechiGiriki rokuti "aphrikē", iro rinoshandura se "nyika isingabviri kutonhora uye kutya". Zvichireva, zvinogona kuva kushanduka kweshoko rechiRoma rokuti "aprica", kureva zuva; kana shoko reFenike "kure", kureva guruva. Muzvokwadi, mamiriro ekunze eAfrica haakwanisi kuve nyore nyore - shure kwezvose, kondinendi ine nyika 54 nenzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzakasiyana-siyana, kubva kumagwenga asingabatanidzi kusvika kumahombekombe. Zvisinei, vashanyi vekare kubva kuMediterranean vaigara muNorth Africa, uko mamiriro okunze anoramba achidziya, zuva uye guruva.
The Africaus Theory
Imwe nyanzvi inotaura kuti kondinendi yakatumidzwa zita reAfricus, mutungamiri we Yemenite akapinda muNorth Africa pane imwe nguva muzana remakore rechipiri BC. Zvinonzi Africa yakatanga kugadzirisa munyika yake yakanga ichangobva kukundwa, iyo yaakatumidza kuti "Afrikyah". Zvichida chido chake chekusafa chakanga chakakura kwazvo zvokuti akaraira nyika yose yainzi zita rake. Zvisinei, zviitiko izvo iyi nheyo yakatevedzana yakaitika kare kare kuti chokwadi chayo ikozvino zvakaoma kuratidza.
The Geographical Theory
Iyi nyanzvi inoratidza kuti zita rekondinendi rakabva kune dzimwe nzvimbo, zvichiendeswa nevatengesi kubva kuIndia yemazuva ano. MuchiSanskrit uye muchiHindi, shoko rokuti root "Apara", kana Africa, rinoshandurwa se "nzvimbo inouya". Mune nzvimbo yakatarisa, izvi zvinogonawo kududzirwa senzvimbo kumadokero.
Hondo yeAfurika ingadai yakave iyo nyika yekutanga yakasangana nevatsvakurudzi vanoyambuka kumavirazuva pamusoro peIndia Ocean kubva kumaodzanyemba kweIndia.