Africa is divided into two separate cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static regions: Sub-Saharan located below the Sahara Desert, and north of the Sahara, which is part of the Islamic culture regiona culture region, or culture area (or Global Village)Â is an area where common cultural components, traits, or characteristics have developed over time, and are shared among various societies, due to a variety of causal factors such as immigration, war, colonialism, forced acculturation, technology and travel advances, etc.