Afer

Afer may refer to:


 * Afer, an individual of the Afri tribe after which the continent of Africa is probably named
 * Afer, a Roman cognomen in reference to Africa, used by several people listed below; see also list of Roman cognomina
 * Afer ventus, another name for Lips, the Roman deity of the southwest wind; see Anemoi
 * The Afep pigeon (Columba unicincta)
 * A song on the 1991 Enya album Shepherd Moons

As an acronym

 * Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon
 * American Foundation for Equal Rights
 * Association Française d'Epargne et de Retraite
 * Autoritea Feroviara Romana, the Romanian Railway Authority; see Rail transport in Romania

People

 * Antonius Guilelmus Amo Afer (1703–c.1759), alternate name for Anton Wilhelm Amo, Ghanaian-German academic
 * Arnobius Afer (died 4th century), also Arnobius the Elder, Roman rhetorician in the province of Africa
 * Domitius Afer (died 60), Roman orator
 * Gaius Marius Victorinus Afer (4th century), also Gaius Marius Victorinus, Roman grammarian and rhetorician
 * Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, father of the Roman emperor Hadrian
 * Publius Terentius Afer (died 159 BC), Roman comic playwright better known as Terence

Scientific names of organisms

 * All named because the species is native to Africa.


 * Cinnyris afer, greater double-collared sunbird
 * Euplectes afer, yellow-crowned bishop
 * Francolinus afer, red-necked francolin
 * Nilaus afer, brubru
 * Orycteropus afer, aardvark
 * Papyrocranus afer , reticulate knifefish
 * Parus afer, southern grey tit, also classified as Melaniparus afer
 * Ptilostomus afer, piapiac
 * Turtur afer, blue-spotted wood dove
 * Afer, a genus of gastropods in the family of true whelks (Buccinidae)