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 (desert).

Geography of Africa



 * Atlas of Africa
 * List of cities in Africa
 * List of most populous cities in Africa

Regions of 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
List of African countries
 * Coats of arms of Africa
 * Flags of Africa

West Africa

 * Benin
 * Burkina Faso
 * Cape Verde
 * The Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Guinea
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Ivory Coast
 * 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
 * Somaliland
 * South Sudan
 * Tanzania
 * Uganda
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

Southern Africa

 * Botswana
 * Eswatini
 * Lesotho
 * Namibia
 * South Africa

Dependencies

 * 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

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
Demographics 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 (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 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
 * 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
African empires
 * 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
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

Cinema of Africa

 * List of African films

Music of Africa

 * African popular music
 * Afrobeat
 * Afrobeats
 * Music of Africa

Cuisine of Africa
African cuisine
 * Beer in Africa

People of Africa

 * Chinatowns in Africa
 * African diaspora
 * Indigenous peoples of Africa
 * List of African millionaires

Ethnic groups in Africa
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

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
Religion in Africa
 * Traditional African religions
 * Buddhism in Africa
 * Christianity in Africa
 * Catholic Church in Africa
 * Hinduism in Africa
 * Judaism in Africa
 * Islam in Africa
 * Serer religion

Sports in Africa

 * African 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
Economy 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
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
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
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
Law of Africa
 * Ages of consent in Africa