Rumawan Afrika

Roman Africans ko African Romans sune tsoffin al'ummomin Roman Arewacin  waɗanda ke da Al'adun Romanized, wasu daga cikinsu suna magana da nasu nau'ikan Latin a sakamakon haka. Sun wanzu daga nasarar Romawa har sai yarensu ya ɓace a hankali bayan Nasarar Larabawa a Arewacin Afirka a Farkon Zamanin Tsakiya (kimanin karni na 8 AD). 

Romawa na Afirka sun zauna a duk biranen bakin teku na Tunisiya na zamani, Yammacin Libya, Gabashin Aljeriya, da Yammacin Aljeriya da Arewacin Morocco, kodayake a cikin iyakantaccen salon, galibi sun fi mayar da hankali a yankunan bakin teku da manyan garuruwa. Yankin da ke tsakanin Gabashin Aljeriya da Yammacin Libya ya zama sananne a ƙarƙashin mulkin Larabawa kamar Ifriqiya, wani nau'in Arabiya na sunan lardin Romawa na Afirka. 

Yawancin 'yan Afirka na Roma galibi Berbers ne na gida ko Punics, amma kuma zuriyar mutanen da suka zo kai tsaye daga Roma da Romawa Italiya kanta ko yankuna daban-daban na Daular a matsayin legionaries da sanatoci.

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Romawa-Afirkawa sun fara karɓar Roman pantheon a ƙarƙashin mulkin Jamhuriyar Roma, amma daga nan sun kasance ɗaya daga cikin larduna na farko da suka tuba zuwa Kiristanci. Daga cikin sanannun sanannun su sune Saint Felicita, Saint Perpetua, Saint Cyprian da Saint Augustine . Ba kamar abin da ake kira Mauri wanda galibi ke zaune a yammacin yankin Arewa maso Yammacin Afirka ba kuma ba su da yawa, 'yan Afirka na Roma (kamar Septimus Severus ko saint Aurelius Augustinus) suna da sunayen Latin ban da magana da Latin. 

Lardin Afirka yana daga cikin yankuna masu arziki a Daular (wanda Masar, Siriya da Italiya kanta suka yi gasa da shi) kuma a sakamakon haka mutane daga ko'ina cikin Daular sun yi ƙaura zuwa lardin. Yawancin tsoffin sojan Romawa sun zauna a Arewa maso Yammacin Afirka a kan filayen noma da aka yi alkawari don aikin soja.

Duk da haka, kasancewar sojojin Romawa na Arewa maso Yammacin Afirka ba ta da yawa saboda tsaron lardin; Romawa ba su buƙatar babban kasancewar soja a Arewacin Afirka tunda ba a yi niyya ga hare-haren waje ko tawaye ba. Lokacin da bukatar ta taso, kusanci da yankin ke kusa da Italiya ya ba da damar aika sojoji daga Italiya zuwa Arewacin Afirka cikin sauƙi. A ƙarni na biyu AD, lardin Fossa Regia na Arewacin Afirka yana da yawan mutane uku cikin huɗu na Italic, an cika shi da Latinized kuma ya rungumi Addinin Hellenic. Sojojin Arewacin Afirka sun kunshi kimanin sojoji 28,000 da mataimakan su a Numidia. Farawa a karni na 2 AD, waɗannan garuruwan sun hada da yawancin mazauna yankin. Yawancin mutanen da ke magana da Latin sun samo asali ne daga asalin ƙasashe masu yawa, suna raba yankin arewa maso yammacin Afirka tare da waɗanda ke magana da yarukan Punic da Berber. Sojojin tsaro na mulkin mallaka sun fara fitowa daga yawan mutanen yankin, gami da Berbers. 

A ƙarshen Daular Romawa ta Yamma, kusan dukkanin lardin Afirka sun cika da Romanized, a cewar Theodor Mommsen a cikin lardunan Daular Roma. Romawa na Afirka sun ji daɗin babban matakin wadata. Irin wannan wadata (da romanization) ya taɓa wani ɓangare har ma da mutanen da ke zaune a waje da Lim na Romawa (musamman Garamantes da Getúli).

Mutanen Romawa na Afirka sun ci gaba da yarensu na Latin, da kuma addinin Kirista na Nicene-Chalcedonian, a ƙarƙashin mamayar Vandal ta Jamus, maido da Byzantine, da kuma mamayar Islama, inda suka ci gaba da juyawa zuwa Islama har zuwa kusan halaka Kristanci a Maghreb a karni na 12 a ƙarƙashin Almohads. Yaren Latin na Afirka ya zama muhimmiyar mahimmanci na nau'ikan zamani na yarukan Berber da Maghrebi Larabci.

Bayan nasarar da suka yi, Musulmai masu cin nasara sun rarrabe nau'o'i uku na yawan jama'a a Arewa maso Yammacin Afirka: yawan kasashen waje daga *Rūm* ((Eastern) Roman Empire), galibi sun hada da sojoji da masu gudanarwa, waɗanda galibi suna magana da Girkanci; *Afāriqah*: 'yan Afirka na Romawa, al'ummar Latin da suka fi mayar da hankali a cikin birane; kuma a ƙarshe *Barbar* (بربر): wato, manoma Berber da suka mamaye mafi yawan yankunan karkara.

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