Okusinziira ku nkyusa emu, ekigambo "Africa" kiva mu linnya ly'ekika ky'Ababerber Afrigia, ekyabeeranga mu bukiikakkono bwa ssemazinga wa Afrika, waaliwo n'essaza ly'Abaruumi erya Afrika. Essaza ly’Abaruumi erya Afrika lyatondebwawo Rooma mu mwaka gwa 146 BC. e. mu kifo awaali essaza ly’e Carthage, eryali likwata ekitundu eky’obukiikakkono bw’amaserengeta ga Tunisia ey’omulembe guno. Ku mulembe gw’Obwakabaka, Afrika yali ya masaza ga senate era nga yafugibwa proconsul. Omulembe gw’Obwakabaka gumanyiddwa olw’okukulaakulana kw’enkola y’ebibuga. Ebibuga byafuna eddembe ly’amatwale ne munisipaali. Omutendera ogusinga obunene mu bibuga byali bafuzi b’amatwale Abaruumi n’abakulu abaali bafuuse Abaruumi mu bantu b’omu kitundu ekyo. Mu by’obuwangwa, mu kiseera ky’Obwakabaka, essaza lya Afrika lyakola kinene. Kyokka, abantu enzaalwa z’omu byalo baasigala nga bava mu lulimi Olulattini n’obuwangwa bw’Abaruumi. Mu kyasa eky’okuna-okutaano. kyafuuka ekitundu eky’obujeemu obw’amaanyi obw’abaddu n’empagi, ekyanafuya ennyo Obwakabaka bwa Rooma era ne buyamba okugwa. Mu kyasa eky’okutaano. Abamenyi b’amateeka baasenga mu Afrika. Mu kyasa eky’omukaaga. empula wa Byzantium Justinian yasobola okuzzaayo ekitundu ekiri ku lubalama lw’ennyanja, naye amaanyi ga Byzantium gaali matono. Mu kyasa eky’omusanvu Essaza lya Africa lyawambibwa Abawalabu.
Mu North Africa, emabega mu myaka lukumi 1 BC. e. waaliwo amawanga agawerako agetongodde: Carthage, eyatandikibwawo abagwiira okuva e Foenicia, abaali boogera olulimi lw’Abaseemu okumpi n’Olwebbulaniya, Mauritania ne Numidia, olwatondebwawo Abalibya. Oluvannyuma lw’okuwamba Carthage Abaruumi mu mwaka gwa 146 BC. e. amawanga gano, oluvannyuma lw’okulwanagana n’obukakanyavu, gaafuuka ebintu by’Abaruumi. Ng’ebula ebyasa bitono omulembe omupya tegunnabaawo, enkulaakulana y’ekibiina ky’ekibiina kyatandika ku ttaka lya Ethiopia ey’omulembe guno. Emu ku masaza agaakulaakulana wano – Aksum – yatuuka ku ntikko mu kyasa eky’okuna BC. n. e., ebintu bye mu maserengeta bwe byatuuka mu nsi ya Meroe mu kiwonvu kya Nile, ate mu buvanjuba – "Happy Arabia" (Yemen ey'omulembe guno). Mu myaka lukumi egy’okubiri era. e. amawanga ag’amaanyi gakulaakulana mu Western Sudan (Ghana, Mali, Songhai ne Bornu); oluvannyuma, amawanga gaatondebwawo ku lubalama lw’ennyanja Guinea (Ashanti, Dahomey, Congo, n’ebirala), mu maserengeta g’ennyanja Chad (amasaza g’abantu b’e Hausa) ne mu bitundu ebirala bingi ku lukalu lwa Afirika.
