The African view of the East and the West varied during the period in which the Middle Ages ended and the period of modern times began, as Africans looked to the East, represented by Muslim Arabs coming from different Muslim countries, as well as Berbers coming from the Islamic Maghreb (Northern Africa). tolerance and love and integrated with them from the first moment they arrived in Africa as merchants or immigrants carrying with them their goods and imbued with the morals of Islam that prompted them to deal honestly and honestly with the African merchant. That visitor was a bringer of civilization and civility that was evident through his clean clothes and modest dress and his lack of condescension to Africans who differed from him in language, color and race. Accordingly, the research will discuss this issue by presenting issues that Africans suffered during the period of European control over the country after geographical exploration campaigns, and compare them with the arrival of those coming from North Africa and from the East through the Red Sea, which represented a stage of civilization prosperity in Africa, and accordingly the Africans were identified Their view of the two regions and of the two Muslim peoples with all their nationalities and the European Christian. Among the previous studies that dealt with the subject are the book Slavery, its past and present by Abd al-Salam al-Termanini, and the book of Islam and racial discrimination by Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.The research followed the historical method based on mentioning the facts and treating them with narration and analysis, which gives a clear picture to the reader about the position of each pole of the duality in the eyes of the black Africans in the region.