Of course the Pharoahs were an Afrikan people. Why do you think Napolean shot of most of the noses of their statues. It did not sit well with him that the first great world power was Afrikan.
In pictures the Egyptians painted themselves Red representing the masculine( in juxtuposition to Europeans who represent Blue for a boy and Pink for a gir) and Yellow for women. This fact has caused some confusion and has helped to promote the lie that Egyptians were light skinned Arabs. The colouring used is ocre and many Afrikan civilations, today still use this as a representation of the masculine and feminine.
Now let me go further and say that the Bible that many people knock as European lists the geneology and tells us that the decendents of Ham were Cush (Kush) Mizraim, Put and Canaan. (1. Chronicles 1:8-16)

Mizraim is none other than Egypt.

http://dictionary.crossmap.com/defination/mizraim.htm

Incidentally the land that the Caananites originally occupied is what is now called Palestine and Israel.
The first KING in Mankind's History was NIMROD a grandson of HAM. Check out the book:
WHEN WE RULED by Robin Walker.
ISBN. 095510680X