Land of the blacks may refer to the following places: Land of the Blacks (Manhattan), an historic area in New York City Akal n-Iguinawen (Berber, 'land of black people'), referring to the Guinea region or the Sudan region See also Black Country, in England Melanesia, etymologically meaning 'islands of black [people]' Negroland, an archaic term in European mapping Negros (disambiguation) Sudan (derived from the Arabic بلاد السودان bilād as-sūdān 'lands of the blacks') Zanzibar, whose etymology ultimately means 'land of the blacks'