Talk:Sub-Saharan Africa

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Controversy around the term
I think this article could do with a section regarding controversy surrounding the term Sub-Saharan Africa. I've been doing some searching by cant find anything concrete. I'm not sure if I read it on an older version of this article or elsewhere. But I read something about how Sub-Saharan Africa isn't a real thing because of the lack of linguistic or religious boundary between the North and Sub-Saharan Africa. Eopsid (talk) 21:21, 29 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Translate from russian
 * Я специально пишу на русском языке, чтобы никого не оскорблять. В русском языке нет настолько негативной коннотации к слову "черный", поэтому текст на русском языке будет этичен, хаха. Ну а перевести это не вызовет трудностей, учитывая современные технологии.
 * Такой термин придуман вместо термина "Чёрная Африка", что безусловно является высшей степенью цинизма и попыткой замести проблему под ковер. В Черной Африке живут негры (в русском языке это слово лишено негативных смыслов), а в Северной Африке - арабы и берберы (они кстати - европеоиды). И народы, проживающие в Северной и Черной Африки - отличаются культурой и языком, мало того - они вполне успешно друг с другом до сих пор вступают в военные конфликты.
 * Википедия должны была быть свободной энциклопедией!
 * Но вместо этого стала инструментом в руках людей, которые искажают историю.
 * Russian Barbarian
 * 62.152.88.140 (talk) 62.152.88.140 (talk) 07:47, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

This term is ridiculous and racist and no one can change my mind
This term has been used in racist ways by many people in a attempt to build a invisible wall from north Africa to black Africans to the south. The vast majority of West and East African countries shouldn't be considered "sub" but because their populations are mostly black, it's sub. 2601:8C:981:A3C0:E4ED:4ACE:8F9C:E055 (talk) 00:25, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Black Africa
I am confused. Is the term "Black Africa" now in English used or not? In German this term exists (Schwarzafrika), beside other terms (Sub-Sahara). I am born in 1969. When I went to school the term "Neger"/ "negroe" was not rassistic. Rassistic were terms like "nigger", "Kaffer". This maybe has changed, what I accept. But the term "schwarz" / "black" is still o.k. isn´t it? (Even if niger nothing else means). Therefore I wonder whether the term Schwarzafrika / Black Africa is now banned. BTW: The name Niger for both country and river is also still alive, isn´t ist?Flk-Brdrf (talk) 09:45, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think "Black Africa" is still in use nowadays but remember WP:NOTAFORUM so you might find better answers elsewhere. (note "Black Africa" redirects to this article) EMsmile (talk) 10:17, 15 January 2024 (UTC)