Geography
This African country is nicknamed the “Rainbow Nation.”
What is South Africa?
This was the first African country to qualify for a FIFA World Cup (1934) and this country has won the most Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) titles.
What is Egypt?
This African country has the highest twin birth rate in the world.
What is Nigeria?
This Nigerian artist is known as the “African Giant.”
Who is Burna Boy?
The first African artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.
Who is Burna Boy (2023)?
Africa’s smallest country by land area.
What is Seychelles?
This ruler of Mali was so rich that on his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, he caused gold inflation in Cairo.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This African animal kills more people every year than lions, leopards, and crocodiles combined.
What is the hippopotamus?
This African actress was the first African woman to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2002.
Who is Lupita Nyong’o?
The first African country to gain independence from colonial rule
Ghana
This African capital is the only one named after an American president.
What is Monrovia (Liberia, named after James Monroe)?
This woman became Africa’s first female head of state when she was elected in 2005.
Who is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia?
This African city is the largest French-speaking city in the world — bigger than Paris.
What is Kinshasa (DRC)?
This Tanzanian star is often called the “King of Bongo Flava.”
Who is Diamond Platnumz?
The first African airline.
What is Ethiopian Airlines (1945)?
This country is home to Africa’s only country flag that features a weapon.
What is Mozambique (with the AK-47 and hoe)?
Nicknamed the “Mad Dog of the Middle East,” this African leader ruled from 1969 to 2011.
Who is Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)?
This country is the only one in Africa with Spanish as an official language.
What is Equatorial Guinea?
This Swahili phrase became the name of a Disney film and global motto after The Lion King.
What is Hakuna Matata?
The first "African" song to become a FIFA World Cup anthem.
: What is Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira ft. Freshlyground (South Africa, 2010)?
Africa has exactly this many landlocked countries.
What is 16?
This African country has more pyramids than Egypt.
A: What is Sudan?
This African country has more than 50% of the world’s population of mountain gorillas.
What is Uganda?
This African fashion designer became the first Black creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear line.
Who is Virgil Abloh (Ghanaian heritage)?
The first African footballer to feature on the Time 100 Most Influential People list.
Who is Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, 2010)?