WHAT IS AFRABIA?

Ali A Mazrui initially used the word AfrAbia in 1992 (Mazrui, 1992). In the new world order, Arabism and Africanity were united with Islam in a fusion that spanned the Sahara Desert and the Red Sea. He went so far as to say that the Red Sea has no right to separate Africa from Arabia. Islamization and Arabization of North Africa took place during the same period as Arabization, which attempted to counteract the geographical barriers created by the formation of the Red Sea thousands of years earlier. He explained that one way to stop the establishment of global apartheid was to seek reconciliation between Arabs and Africans, and for both the white and pan-European movements to join forces to advance global solidarity. Thus, AfrAbia incorporates both Arab League nations and African Union countries. The two overlapping territories of Africa and the Arab world are cross-culturally connected by historical and geographic influences. AfrAbia incorporates nations of both the Arab League and the African Union. The two overlapping territories of Africa and the Arab world are cross-culturally connected by historical and geographic influences.

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Reference:

​Mazrui, A. (1992). Afrabia: Africa and the Arabs in the New World Order. Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 20(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/F7203016755 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9896d35t