historically africa has been beheaded mainly for the purpose of discrediting blacks for developments in egypt and other places not considered part of africa in terms beyond mere geography.

on top of that, i am morroccan (on one side) and while my grandfather has some very mild black ancestry it is widely spanish bloodlines than proceed any migration to morrocco (though I am jewish, consequently in the minority there). most of the arabs i have met wouldnt categorize themselves as black either though. i will have to back through and read this thread later to check out some of the other responses because i probably know more about south and west africa, puzzlingly enough, than i do north africa...