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Originally Posted by caribny
I used to have some good Moroccan friends as a student. One of them every one thought was my brother. He identified as Berber, not Arabic. I am 80% sub Saharan African, and can pass for one of those darker Swahili people from coastal Kenya/Zanzibar. So guess what he looked like. I am not suggesting that his look is very common, but I don't think that its highly unusual either, so he must be have some not too distant sub Saharan African ancestry. Indeed when I was in Morocco I don't think that I stood out.
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Indeed, the person you describe is absolutely not the average type of Moroccan. As for him identifying himself as a "berber", you should know that just like the arabs, the Amazigh ethnical group does not include sub-saharian, or black african if you prefer.
Someone who live in a country and speaks its language is not necessarily a local, even if he got a passport of that same country.
As for your second statement i can guarantee you that in a crowd, any black african will stand out in Morocco. Of course there's a small minority of black Moroccan citizens but refer to what i wrote up there.
Black skin is more uncommon in Morocco than in France ! Believe it or not.
Respectfully.
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