Northwest Africa
Northwest Africa is the northwestern part of Africa. The term Northwest Africa is commonly used in various disciplines : geo-politics, archaeology, anthropology and genetics. It is preferred over the utilisation of Maghreb possibly because of the perceived Arabocentrism of the term.
The countries and territories in Northwest Africa include:
" Barbary", "Maghreb" and " Tamazgha" are more or less synonymous with Northwest Africa.
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