# Who were the North African locals in antiquity?

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I am aware of the American stereotypes. So are the Berber in Lybia still tribal, but it s Black people who are labeled tribal when an ethnic group is really meant. This grows extremely tiresome, this automatic attachement of tribal to a skin color. Extremely.

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