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Kouloughlis I, a term used by the Ottoman Empire to designate a mixed ethnic group of Turkish men and North African women.

The term was used in Ottoman Algeria, Ottoman Libya, and Ottoman Tunisia, but was not used in Ottoman Egypt to refer to the Egyptian Turks.

In 1664, during the Battle of Tangier, 500 English soldiers were ambushed by Ahmad al-Khadir, a former Moroccan pirate who had become a warlord.

Only 30 of them managed to escape, the English corpses and Governor Rutherford were mutilated.

Greeks visited Egypt as students to learn from Africans.

Plato studied in Egypt for 13 years.

Pythagoras studied Philosophy, Geometry and Medicine in Egypt for 22 years.

Thales, the first Greek philosopher studied in Egypt.

Hippocrates studied Medicine in Egypt for 7 years.

The Son of Saint M'rabeth, a painting by French Artist, Etienne Dinet was sold for €1.2 million at an auction organized by Maison Articurial in Marrakech in 2008.

It's the most expensive art to have ever been sold in Morocco.

Saint M'rabeth was a local Muslim Saint.

Happy Independence Day Zimbabwe. 🇿🇼

Tanzanian Artist, Zuchu's music video, Sukari hit 1 million YouTube views in 22 hours. It currently has almost 25 million views in 2 months.

She is signed to Diamond Platnumz's label, WCB Wasafi.

She hit 1 million YouTube subscribers (got a Google Gold Play Button) in 11 months

Morocco's Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100 – 1165), a Geographer, Cartographer and Egyptologist created the Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced medieval world maps.

It was used by Christopher Columbus and Vasco Da Gama for their voyages. He lived in Palermo, Sicily (Italy).

Tunisia has some of the oldest coins in Africa.

These coins were struck during the First Punic War with Rome (264-241 BC). Initial issues of the war were struck in relatively pure gold.

Starting in 264 BC, Carthage (present day Tunisia) and Rome fought 3 wars.

Compared to the infamous trans-Atlantic slave trade, Arabs traded more blacks as slaves than Europeans.

Between 8-17 million Africans were bought by Arab slave traders and reportedly an even greater number died en route.

The Arab slave trade also lasted longer.