Ham is the son of Noah traditionally associated with peoples listed in Africa in Genesis’s Table of Nations.
Genesis 10 names Noah’s sons as Shem, Ham, and Japheth and traces descendants from each. Ham’s listed sons are Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush is commonly associated with regions south of Egypt, Egypt is the biblical name for the land of Egypt, and Put is often linked with parts of North Africa, though some identifications remain debated.
Canaan is also Ham’s son in the genealogy, but he is associated with the land of Canaan in the Levant rather than being the answer to the question about the son of Noah. This distinction prevents a common mix-up between Ham and Canaan.
The Table of Nations is a biblical genealogical and geographical account, not a modern scientific classification of human populations. Later interpreters have attached many different historical identifications to its names, and those identifications are not all certain.