Maghreb is the "arabic north africa", which is different from what you might call "black africa" (no racism intended). If mahrez was a US citizen he wouldn't be called an afro-american. When yaya speaks of africans, he seems to mean black africans.Mahrez is from Algeria which is in Africa and is just as much African as YAYA pal so really don’t get your post I’m confused
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Nope! Although I do believe it is all agreed but he has another friendly coming up.
Mahrez is from the Maghreb. I doubt he sees himself as African whereas Toure most definitely does.
Algerians do consider themselves African.
(Daily question)... is it done yet?
They see themselves as North-africans? I think i have seen this classification numerous times. Maybe they want to "seperate" themselves from rest of africa due to colonization etc?
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He was actually born in France of Algerian descent.
Well not French. In the 1970s there was a movement led by General Nasser who created an Arab Republic. He wanted the whole of the Arab world to join a unified Arab state centred on what is now Egypt. Pan-Arabism has declined now, but it certainly was a significant political force a while ago comparable to Pan-Africanism if you like.Algerians do consider themselves African.