Outline of Africa
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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 (desert).
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Geography of Africa
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=Regions of Africa=
== Directional regions ==
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==Physiographic regions==
- The Sahara Desert
- The Maghreb
- The Sahel region
- The Sudan region
- The Guinea region
- The Congo
- The Great Lakes region
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=Countries of Africa=
== West Africa ==
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- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
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== North Africa ==
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- Algeria
- Egypt{{smallsup|1}}
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Sudan
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
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== Central Africa ==
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- Angola
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
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== East Africa ==
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- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- Somaliland
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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== Southern Africa ==
==Dependencies==
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- British Indian Ocean Territory (UK)
- Mayotte (France)
- Réunion (France)
- St. Helena (UK)
- Canary Islands (Spain)
- Ceuta (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Melilla (Spain)
- Socotra (Yemen)
- Pantelleria (Italy)
- Puntland (Somalia)
- Somaliland
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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=Geographic features of Africa=
=Demography of Africa=
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History of Africa
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- 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 (medieval era to present)
- 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 (known as the "Year of Africa")
=History of Africa by region=
=History of Africa by subject=
- African archaeology
- Assassinations in Africa
- Economic history of Africa
- Extinct animals of Africa
- Extinct languages of Africa
- Legends of Africa
- Military history of Africa
- African military systems to 1800
- African military systems (1800–1900)
- 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
- 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
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=Art in Africa=
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== Cinema of Africa ==
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== Music of Africa ==
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=Cuisine of Africa=
=People of Africa=
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== 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
- Greeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Greeks in South Africa
- 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
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== 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, ("The Mahdi"), 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, ("King Tut"), Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.
=Religion in Africa=
=Sports in Africa=
- African Games
- Africa Cup of Nations
- Ethiopian Super Cup
- FIBA Africa
- Ice hockey in Africa
- List of African records in athletics
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Environment 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
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=Communications in Africa=
Communications in Africa
- Internet in Africa
- Media of Africa
- Newspapers in Africa
- Radio in Africa
- Television in Africa
- Telephone numbers in Africa
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=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
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Education in Africa
Governments of Africa
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Politics of Africa
- Anarchism in Africa
- Conflicts in Africa
- Monarchies in Africa
- Political parties in Africa
- Pan-Africanism
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=Foreign relations of Africa=
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=Law of Africa=
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See also
{{Portal|Africa}}
- {{PrefixAllPages|Africa}}
- {{PrefixAllPages|African}}
- {{Intitle|Africa}}
- {{Intitle|African}}
- African Leaders State of Africa Report
- African studies
- Continent
- Index of Africa-related articles
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References
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External links
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;News
- [http://allafrica.com/ allAfrica.com] current news, events and statistics
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2005/africa/default.stm BBC News In Depth - Africa 2005: Time for Change?]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011214440/http://yaleeconomicreview.com/issues/spring2006/africa_history.php Yale Economic Review Africa: Failed Economic History]
;History
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080505121548/http://library.stanford.edu/africa/history/hisking.html Africa South of the Sahara]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190519102901/http://www.africankingdoms.com/ African Kingdoms]
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section10.shtml BBC Story of Africa Kingdoms]
;Directories
- [https://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/ Library of Congress - African & Middle Eastern Reading Room]
- [http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/ Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara]
- [http://www.afrika.no/index/ The Index on Africa] directory from The Norwegian Council for Africa
- [http://www.aluka.org/ Aluka - Digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa]
;Politics
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080325054544/http://www.africaaction.org/index.php Africa Action] Africa Action is the oldest organization in the United States working on African affairs. It is a national organization that works for political, economic and social justice in Africa.
- [http://www.libcom.org/history/africa.php Working class history in Africa]—people's and grassroots histories
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;Sports
- [http://www.cafonline.com/index.php Confederation of African Football; in English and French]
;Tourism
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