Outline of Africa
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa:
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. It is famous for its savanna, its jungles, and the Sahara.
Geography of Africa
- :commons:Atlas of Africa|Atlas of Africa
- List of cities in Africa
- * List of most populous cities in Africa
Regions of Africa
- List of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar
Directional regions
- Central Africa
- East Africa
- North Africa
- Southern Africa
- West Africa
- United Nations geoscheme for Africa
Physiographic regions
- The Sahara Desert
- The Maghreb
- The Sahel region
- The Sudan region
- The Guinea region
- The Congo
- The Great Lakes region
Countries of Africa
- Coats of arms of Africa
- Flags of Africa
West Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Côte d'Ivoire
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
North Africa
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Sudan
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
Central Africa
- Angola
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
East Africa
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Swaziland
Dependencies
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Mayotte
- Réunion
- St. Helena
- Canary Islands
- Ceuta
- Madeira
- Melilla
- Socotra
- Pantelleria
- Puntland
- Somaliland
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Geographic features of Africa
- List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
- Glaciers in Africa
- Horn of Africa
- Impact craters in Africa
- Islands of Africa
- Rivers of Africa
Demography of Africa
History of Africa
- Afrikaner nationalism
- Bantu expansion
- Berlin Conference
- Boer Republics
- Congo Free State
- Early Congolese history
- Expulsion of Asians in Uganda in 1972
- Indophobia
- Pioneer Column
- Serer ancient history
- Serer history
- South Africa under apartheid
- Timeline of Serer history
- Volkstaat
History of Africa by period
- Prehistory
- * Pleistocene human population bottleneck in Africa
- * Prehistoric Central North Africa
- Ancient African history
- * Ancient History of South Africa
- * Copper Age in Africa
- * Iron Age in Africa
- * Olmec alternative origin speculations
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
- * Pre-Columbian Africa-Americas contact theories
- European exploration of Africa
- Colonisation of Africa
- * Blockade of Africa
- * Scramble for Africa
- African theatre of World War I
- Decolonisation of Africa
- * Year of Africa
History of Africa by year
- 2016 in Africa
- 2007 in Africa
- 2006 in Africa
- 2005 in Africa
- 1960 in Africa
History of Africa by region
- History of Central Africa
- History of East Africa
- History of North Africa
- History of Southern Africa
- * Ancient History of South Africa
- History of West Africa
History of Africa by subject
- African archaeology
- Assassinations in Africa
- Economic history of Africa
- Extinct animals of Africa
- Extinct languages of Africa
- Fascism in Africa
- Legends of Africa
- Military history of Africa
- * African military systems to 1800
- * African military systems
- * African military systems after 1900
- Natural history of Africa
- Political history of Eastern Africa
- Science and technology in Africa
- Slavery
- * African slave trade
- * Slavery in Africa
Empires in Africa
- Adal Sultanate
- Ajuran Sultanate
- Almohad Caliphate
- Almoravid Caliphate
- Aro Confederacy
- Asante Union
- Ayyubid Sultanate
- Bamana Empire
- Benin Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Ethiopian Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Ghana Empire
- Kaabu Empire
- Kanem Empire
- Kong Empire
- Liberian Republic
- Luba Empire
- Lunda Empire
- Mali Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Marinid dynasty
- Oyo Empire
- Sennar Sultanate
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Songhai Empire
- Wassoulou Empire
- Wolof Empire
Culture of Africa
- Architecture of Africa
- * Castles in Africa
- * Mosques in Africa
- * Tallest buildings in Africa
- * Architecture of Egypt
- ** Ancient Egyptian architecture
- *** Egyptian pyramids
- *** Urban planning in ancient Egypt
- ** Egyptian Revival architecture
- ** Egyptian revival decorative arts
- * Architect Africa Film Festival
- * Architecture of Ethiopia
- * Architecture of Somalia
- * Art Deco in Durban
- * Cape Dutch architecture
- * Rondavel
- Caste system in Africa
- Etiquette in Africa
- Languages of Africa
- * List of African languages
- * Languages of the African Union
- * Endangered languages in Africa
- * Portuguese in Africa
- * Writing systems of Africa
- Prostitution in Africa
- Racism in Africa
- Slavery in modern Africa
- Writing systems of Africa
- Urbanization in Africa
Art in Africa
Cinema of Africa
- List of African films
Music of Africa
- African popular music
- Afrobeat
- Afrobeats
- Music of Africa
Cuisine of Africa
- Beer in Africa
People of Africa
- Chinatowns in Africa
- African diaspora
- Indigenous peoples of Africa
- List of African millionaires
Ethnic groups in Africa
- Afrikaners
- Asians in Africa
- * Asian South African
- * Chinese South Africans
- * Ethnic Chinese in Mozambique
- * Koreans in Africa
- British diaspora in Africa
- Greeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Greeks in South Africa
- Greeks in Zambia
- Greeks in Zimbabwe
- Indian diaspora in East Africa
- Indian South Africans
- Indians in Kenya
- Indians in Mozambique
- Serer people
- Tamil South Africans
- White Africans of European ancestry
- White South African
- Whites in Zimbabwe
- Whites in Kenya
Some famous individuals from Africa
- Aaron, first high-priest of children of Israel
- Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate.
- Alexander the Great, conqueror; founded Alexandria in Egypt.
- Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt.
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, current President of Liberia, first elected black female head of state in the world.
- F. W. de Klerk, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for helping end apartheid in South Africa.
- Haile Selassie I, last Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Kofi Annan, diplomat from Ghana.
- Léopold Sédar Senghor, poet and first president of Senegal.
- Miriam, sister of Moses.
- Moses, prophet who received the Ten Commandments.
- Muhammad Ahmad,, Sudanese rebel leader and messianic Islamic reformer.
- Nefertiti, queen of Egypt.
- Nelson Mandela, political leader in South Africa.
- Ramesses II, often regarded as Ancient Egypt's greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh.
- Shaka, legendary leader of the Zulu Kingdom.
- Tutankhamun,, Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.
Religion in Africa
- African traditional religion
- Buddhism in Africa
- Christianity in Africa
- * Roman Catholicism in Africa
- Hinduism in Africa
- Judaism in Africa
- Islam in Africa
- Serer religion
Sports in Africa
- All-Africa Games
- Africa Cup of Nations
- Ethiopian Super Cup
- FIBA Africa
- Ice hockey in Africa
- List of African records in athletics
Environment of Africa
- Natural history of Africa
- Environmental issues in Africa
- Fauna of Africa
- * List of primates of Africa
- * List of reptiles of Africa
Economy and infrastructure of Africa
- Agriculture
- * Push–pull technology
- Banks in Africa
- Cement in Africa
- Energy in Africa
- * Power stations in Africa
- * Renewable energy in Africa
- Health care in Africa
- * HIV/AIDS in Africa
- * Hospitals in Africa
- Mineral industry of Africa
- * Mining in Africa
- ** Metals
- *** Aluminum in Africa
- *** Copper in Africa
- *** Iron ore in Africa
- *** Platinum in Africa
- *** Titanium in Africa
- *** Uranium in Africa
- * Steel in Africa
- Natural resources of Africa
- Poverty in Africa
- Late-2000s recession in Africa
- List of African stock exchanges
Communications in Africa
- Internet in Africa
- Media of Africa
- * Newspapers in Africa
- * Radio in Africa
- * Television in Africa
- Telephone numbers in Africa
Transport in Africa
- Air transport in Africa
- * Airlines of Africa
- ** List of largest airlines in Africa
- * List of the busiest airports in Africa
- Trans-African Highway network
Education in Africa
- Adult education in Africa
- Association of International Schools in Africa
- Universities in Africa
- * Business schools in Africa
- * Medical schools in Africa
Governments of Africa
- African Union
- * African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Politics of Africa
- Anarchism in Africa
- Conflicts in Africa
- Monarchies in Africa
- Political parties in Africa
- Pan-Africanism
Foreign relations of Africa
- Sino-African relations
Law of Africa
- Ages of consent in Africa