People of North Africa are generally

People of north Africa are generally Berbers. The inhabitants of Northern Africa are generally divided in a manner roughly corresponding to the principal geographic regions: The Maghreb, the Nile Valley, and the Sahara. Northwest Africa on the whole is believed to have been inhabited by Berbers since the beginning of recorded history, while the eastern part of Northern Africa has been home to the Egyptians, Abyssinians (Ethiopians), and Nubians (Sudanic descent), although ancient Egyptians record extensive contact in their Western desert with peoples that appear to have been Berber or proto-Berber.