WEST AFRICA
This river, one of the longest in Africa, flows through Mali and Niger before emptying into the Gulf of Guinea.
What is the Niger River?
This East African country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak.
What is Tanzania?
This Central African country is the largest by land area on the continent.
What is the DRC?
This country at the southern tip of Africa has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
What is South Africa?
This North African country is home to the Great Pyramids of Giza.
What is Egypt?
This West African nation was founded in the 19th century as a settlement for formerly enslaved people from the United States.
What is Liberia?
This East African country was never formally colonized by a European power and successfully defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa in 1896.
What is Ethiopia?
This Central African country has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean and is one of Africa’s largest oil producers by output.
What is Angola?
This massive waterfall on the Zambezi River, one of the largest in the world, is located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
What is Victoria Falls?
This mountain range stretches across much of North Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
What are the Atlas Mountains?
This medieval West African ruler, famous for his 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca, was said to be one of the wealthiest individuals in history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This 1970s dictator expelled tens of thousands of Asians from the country and declared himself “Conqueror of the British Empire.
Who is Idi Amin?
This Central African country is one of the world’s top producers of cocoa, despite being more commonly associated with West Africa for that crop.
What is Cameroon?
This Southern African country was formerly known as Rhodesia before gaining internationally recognized independence in 1980.
What is Zimbabwe?
This North African country gained independence from France in 1962 after a long and bloody war of independence.
What is Algeria?
This 15th–16th century West African trading city, located in present-day Mali, became a renowned center of Islamic scholarship and was home to Sankore University.
What is Timbuktu?
This East African country launched Africa’s first nationwide cashless bus transit system in its capital, using smart cards known as “Tap & Go.”
What is Rwanda?
This regional economic organization includes six Central African countries and uses the CFA franc as a common currency.
What is CEMAC - the Central African Economic and Monetary Community?
This landlocked Southern African country is completely surrounded by South Africa, making it an enclave nation.
What is Lesotho?
This 2011 uprising in a North African country led to the overthrow of longtime leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and helped spark the broader Arab Spring movement.
What is the Tunisian Revolution?