The famous Arab historian Ibn Khaldun says that the name Ifriqiya was
given after Ifriqos bin Qais bin Saifi, one of the Kings of Yemen. To
Al-Bakri, the boundries of Ifriqiya were Barga on the East and
Tangier on the West, which means that in addition to the Africa
proper of the Romans, it included Tripolitania, Numidia and
Mauritania. Today, by the use of the word Ifiriqiya or Africa, the
Arabs as well as non-Arabs mean the entire continent of Africa which
includes North Africa (including the Maghrib), East Africa, West
Africa, Central Africa, and South Africa.