This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.
Fortaleza de São Miguel
Fort Naulila, Cunene Province
Fort Cuangar, Cunene Province
see also List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls
Buhen (c.1860 BCE)
Cairo Citadel (12th century)
Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century)
Guzara Castle, Guzara (16th century)
Fort James (1651)
Fort Jillifree, Jufureh
Fort Amsterdam, Abandze, Cormantin (1665-1721, 1785-1867)
Fort Apollonia, Benyin (16..-16.., 1868-1871)
Fort Saint Antony, Axim (February 1642 – 1664, 1665–71)
Fort Batenstein, Butri (1656-1665, 1666-1871)
Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688-1782, 16 April 1659-May 1659)
Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649-1782, 1785-1867/8)
Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687-1698, 1711-1712, 1732-1804)
Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482)
English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785-1871)
Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku (1667/1705-1782, 1785-1868)
Fort Hollandia (1725-1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina
Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis), Dixcove (1868-1871)
Fort Nassau, present Moree (1598/1611-1664, 1665-1782, 1785-1867)
Fort Oranje, Sekondi (1640-1871)
Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra
Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt), Apam (1697-1782,1785-1868)
Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
Fort San Sebastian, Shema (1637-1664,1664-1871)
Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593-)
Thimlich Ohinga, Migori, Kenya (c.500 AD - 1400 AD)
El Tag, Kufra Oasis (mid-1930s)
Fort Capuzzo
Fort Flacourt, Tolanaro, Madagascar 1643
Fort Rova, Majunga, Madagascar 1824
Fort lalana sylvain roux?, Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar 1753
Windsor Castle, Antsiranana[1], Antsiranana, Madagascar 1940-1945
Fort Voyron, Antananarivo, Madagascar 1940-1945
Fort São Caetano, Sofala (1505)
São Sebastião (1558-1608)
Kajuru castle, Kajuru, Nigeria (1989)
Fort Nassau
Fort Oranje
Taleh, Sool region.
Eyl, Nugaal region.
Gondershe, Banaadir region.
Qandala, Bari, Somalia region.
Bargal, Bari region.
Dubar, Woqooyi Galbeed
Garesa, Banaadir region.
See the main article: List of Castles and Fortifications in South Africa
Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape Province (1822-1837)
Castle On the Cliff
Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c.1900)
Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
Knoetzie Castles
Craighross Castle, Noetzie
Lindsay Castle, Noetzie
Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
Voortrekker Fort, Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga
Semna (Nubia), (1965-1920 BCE)
Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700)
Kilwa Kisiwani gereza (Old Fort) Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania (c. 1500) [2]
Ikoma Fort, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (19th century German colonial fort) (2°11′20.25″S 34°43′30.91″E)
Bagamoyo Fort, Bagamoyo, Tanzania (c. 1860 German colonial fortified building) (6°26′40.89″S 38°54′39.24″E)
Lundazi Castle
Fort Victoria (Masvingo)
Great Zimbabwe (11th-15th century)
Nesbitt Castle (Bulawayo)
The Castle (Vumba)