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Outline of Africa

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Outline of Africa

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa:

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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

    • 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)
  • Shaka the Zulu
  • 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 and month

    2007 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October
    2006 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October November December
    2005 in Africa: October November December
    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
  • Fascism in 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

    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

    • Cinema of Africa

  • List of African films

    • Music of Africa

  • African popular music
  • Afrobeat
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.
  • Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer for General Sani Abacha

    • Religion in Africa

    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 turtles 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
  • Coal 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

  • 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

    • References

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