Egypt
Semitic
Kush
Rulers were Semitic
Nok
From the Sahel (Closer to modern Berbers than Sub-Saharan Africans)
Carthage
Phoenician (aka Semitic)
Mali
Finally, an actual Sub-Saharan people. The Mali “empire” is mostly a leftist fanfic created by hack, left-wing “historians” who greatly exaggerated the grandeur of it. It was only an empire because it happened to sit on a fuckload of gold.
Most of the civilizations you mentioned are North African. North Africans are wholly genetically distinct from Sub-Saharan Africans. In fact, North Africans are genetically closer to Europeans than Sub-Saharans.
Egypt
Semitic
Kush
Rulers were Semitic
Nok
From the Sahel (Closer to modern Berbers than Sub-Saharan Africans)
Carthage
Phoenician (aka Semitic)
Mali
Finally, an actual Sub-Saharan people. The Mali “empire” is mostly a leftist fanfic created by hack, left-wing “historians” who greatly exaggerated grandeur of it. It was only an empire because it happened to sit on a fuckload of gold.
Most of the civilizations you mentioned are North African. North Africans are wholly genetically distinct from Sub-Saharan Africans. In fact, North Africans are genetically closer to Europeans than Sub-Saharans.