{"id":1980,"date":"2025-02-11T01:29:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T01:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:44:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:44:53","slug":"what-happened-to-alkebulan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/what-happened-to-alkebulan\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Alkebulan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1980\" class=\"elementor elementor-1980\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da75359 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"da75359\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fd057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1fd057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"315\">The name <strong data-start=\"9\" data-end=\"22\">Alkebulan<\/strong> is an ancient term believed to have been used by indigenous people to refer to the African continent before the adoption of the name &#8220;Africa.&#8221; The term is thought to mean <strong data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"217\">&#8220;Mother of Mankind&#8221;<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"241\">&#8220;Garden of Eden&#8221;<\/strong> in some interpretations, though its exact linguistic origins are debated.<\/p><p data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"665\">If you&#8217;re asking <strong data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"367\">&#8220;What happened to Alkebulan?&#8221;<\/strong> in a historical sense, the name gradually fell out of common use as foreign influences, particularly from the Greeks and Romans, renamed the continent <strong data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"529\">Africa<\/strong>. The name &#8220;Africa&#8221; likely comes from the Latin word <em data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"588\">Afer<\/em>, which was used by the Romans to describe the Berber people of North Africa.<\/p><p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"883\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1982\" src=\"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alkebulan_pic_1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alkebulan_pic_1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alkebulan_pic_1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alkebulan_pic_1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alkebulan_pic_1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alkebulan_pic_1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p><p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"883\">Over time, due to colonization, European influence, and globalization, &#8220;Africa&#8221; became the dominant name for the continent, while &#8220;Alkebulan&#8221; remained largely forgotten except in cultural and Pan-African discussions.<\/p><p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"883\">Hello there, above is just a short description of &#8220;Alkebulan&#8221; for you knowledge.\u00a0 However, Please comment below to let us know if you want a deeper history and knowledge about Alkebulan and we will be more than happy to share with you.<\/p><p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"977\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style='clear:both'><\/div><div  class='the_champ_counter_container the_champ_horizontal_counter'><div class='the_champ_counter_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\"><\/div><ul class=\"the_champ_sharing_ul\"><li style=\"padding:7.35px 0 !important\" class=\"the_champ_twitter_tweet\" data-super-socializer-href=\"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/what-happened-to-alkebulan\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/what-happened-to-alkebulan\/\" data-counturl=\"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/what-happened-to-alkebulan\/\" data-text=\"What+happened+to+Alkebulan%3F\" data-via=\"\" data-lang=\"\" >Tweet<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?\"http\":\"https\";if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+\":\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, \"script\", \"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/li><li style=\"padding:7.35px 0 !important;margin-top:-1px!important\" class=\"the_champ_pinterest_pin\"><a data-pin-lang=\"\" href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/what-happened-to-alkebulan\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><\/li><li style=\"padding:7.35px 0!important;margin-top:-2px!important\" class=\"the_champ_linkedin_share\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: <\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/what-happened-to-alkebulan\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><li style=\"padding:7.35px 0 !important\" class=\"the_champ_facebook_share\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/what-happened-to-alkebulan\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div><div style='clear:both'><\/div><p>The name Alkebulan is an ancient term believed to have been used by indigenous people to refer to the African continent before the adoption of the name &#8220;Africa.&#8221; The term is thought to mean &#8220;Mother of Mankind&#8221; or &#8220;Garden of Eden&#8221; in some interpretations, though its exact linguistic origins are debated. 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