 Afri was a Latin name used to refer to the Carthaginians, who dwelt in North Africa, in modern-day Tunisia.This name, that later gave the rich Roman province of Africa and the subsequent medieval Ifriqiya, are from which the name of the continent Africa is ultimately derived, seems to have referred to a native Libyan tribe originally, however, see Terence for discussion.The name is usually connected with Phoenician "afar", "dust", but a 1981 hypothesis has asserted that it stems from the Berber word "ifri" (plural "ifran") meaning "cave", in reference to cave dwellers.