Mutanen Arewacin Afirka sun ƙunshi manyan rukuni uku na asali: Berbers a arewa maso yamma, Masarawa a arewa maso gabas, da mutanen Nilo-Saharan da ke magana a gabas. Larabawa da suka isa a karni na 7 AD sun gabatar da harshen Larabci da Islama zuwa Arewacin Afirka. Semitic Phoenicians (wanda ya kafa Carthage) da Hyksos, Indo-Iranian Alans, Indo-European Greeks, Romans, da Vandals sun zauna a Arewacin Afirka. Manyan al'ummomin Berber sun kasance a cikin Maroko da Algeria a karni na 21, yayin da, a ƙarami, Berber suna magana a wasu yankuna na Tunisia da Libya.
Arewacin Afirka