The African map
A continent, not a country. Africa is large enough to hold the United States, China, India and most of Europe at once. Zoom in, search, and open any country to read its story — or switch layers to see kingdoms, sites and languages.
Countries Ancient world Kingdoms & empires People Languages Modern Africa
Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Rep. Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Dem. Rep. Congo Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria S. Sudan Senegal Somalia Somaliland South Africa Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda W. Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe
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Algeria Algiers Angola Luanda Benin Porto-Novo Botswana Gaborone Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Burundi Gitega Cameroon Yaoundé Cape Verde Praia Central African Republic Bangui Chad N'Djamena Comoros Moroni Congo Brazzaville Djibouti Djibouti DR Congo Kinshasa Egypt Cairo Equatorial Guinea Malabo Eritrea Asmara Eswatini Lobamba Ethiopia Addis Ababa Gabon Libreville Gambia Banjul Ghana Accra Guinea Conakry Guinea-Bissau Bissau Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro Kenya Nairobi Lesotho Maseru Liberia Monrovia Libya Tripoli Madagascar Antananarivo Malawi Lilongwe Mali Bamako Mauritania Nouakchott Mauritius Port Louis Morocco Rabat Mozambique Maputo Namibia Windhoek Niger Niamey Nigeria Abuja Rwanda Kigali São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé Senegal Dakar Seychelles Victoria Sierra Leone Freetown Somalia Mogadishu Somaliland Hargeisa South Africa Pretoria South Sudan Juba Sudan Khartoum Tanzania Dodoma Togo Lomé Tunisia Tunis Uganda Kampala Western Sahara El Aaiún Zambia Lusaka Zimbabwe Harare Explore by African Union region The AU groups the continent into five geographic regions (plus the Diaspora).
North Africa The Mediterranean and Saharan states, from Morocco to Egypt and Sudan. West Africa The Sahel and the Gulf of Guinea — the old gold, salt and forest empires. Central Africa The Congo basin and its rainforest kingdoms, plus the Gulf islands. East Africa The Horn, the Great Lakes, the Swahili coast and the Indian Ocean islands. Southern Africa From the Zambezi to the Cape — mining economies and liberation histories.