Algeria has some of the awesome ruins in the World.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa.
Angola
Luanda, the capital city of Angola is among the most expensive cities in the World for expatriates and for some time it held the top position.
Benin
Benin is the birthplace of voodoo. The country also has Temple of Pythons with over 50 royal pythons. Ganvie is a ‘floating’ village in Benin which was built on a lake by a community escaping slavery 500 years ago.
Botswana
Botswana is roughly the size of France with only a population of 2 million compared to France with approximately 67 million.
Burkina Faso
The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Written as “Wogodogo” in the Mòoré dialect, it literally means “You are welcome here at home with us”.
Burundi
Group jogging is banned in Burundi. In 2014, the country’s president banned the activity, citing the reason that such walks can help people plan anti-government activities. I am not sure if they really enforce the ban.
Cameroon
The Bamum script of Cameroon was developed by King Njoya. There are more than 7000 documents at Foumban palace written in Bamum script. The writing system fell in disuse in the 1930s.
Cape Verde
Mussolini built an airport in Cape Verde to be used as refueling points for his planes to South America. Portugal bought the airport in 1945.
Chad
Taking pictures in Chad in public is ill-advised. Chadians hate cameras. Most believe that taking pictures ‘remove one’s spirit’.
Also, Chad and Romania flags are basically the same.
Comoros is a member of Arab league.
Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo
At 2,344,858 square kilometers, the DRC covers a land area larger than the combined territories of Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, and Norway.
Katanga cross was a currency made of copper that was used in pre-colonial Congo.
Kinshasa is the largest French-speaking city in the World ahead of Paris.
While a lot of West African countries produce cocoa. Ivory Coast is the Worlds leading cocoa producer. More than three-quarters of the cocoa comes from West Africa.
Djibouti
Djibouti is in strategic with both USA and Chinese military bases.
Egypt
Egyptians depend on river Nile more than any country. 95% of its citizens live near the river as other parts are desert. Areas along the river are lit up than any other area at night, this is according to Nasa satellite image.
Equatorial Guinea
The country is building a new capital city. Its vice president is an Instagram star. He travels and posts typical travel pictures every other person posts. These are pictures in private jets, designer’s bags and a lot more.
Eritrea
Eritrea has no official language. More than 50% speak Tigrinya.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian day starts from 1 o’clock (7 am) and ends at 12 o’clock.
Ethiopia maintained most of the independence except for a few years which Italians captured Addis Ababa.
Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia and its one of the obvious cultural aspects.
Ethiopian year have 13 months. Ethiopian calendar is 8 years behind.
Gabon
The minimum age to vote in Gabon is 21 years of age
The Gambia
The Gambia left the Commonwealth in 2013. Its president said the British had taught them nothing except how to sing Baa, Baa Black Sheep and God Save the Queen.
God Save the Queen.
Ghana
Ghana wasn’t part of the Ghana Empire. It was only named in honor of this influential Empire.
Guinea
The Conakry Grand Mosque is the fourth largest in Africa. It can accommodate more than 12000 worshipers.
Guinea Bissau
Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde used to be one country until a coup successfully separated them in 1980. Its citizens are called Bissau-Guineans and not Guinea-Bissauans.
Kenya
Kenya has the most Olympic medals in Africa. Kenya is a leading country in long distance running. The name Kenya was derived from local dialects “Kirinyaga”, “Kiinya and “Kirinya”. These translate to “Gods resting place”. The communities used to refer to Mount Kenya by the names.
Lesotho
Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa. Lesotho has a ski resort.
Liberia
Some of the World’s biggest cargo and cruise ships are registered in Liberia. The country was founded by freed Slaves. Liberia has had a female president. Its current president played football for Chelsea football club.
Libya
Libya had a king and was overthrown by the then 27-year-old Ghaddafi.
Madagascar
Madagascar has no tigers, zebras, giraffes or hippopotamuses, as portrayed in the famous Hollywood movie, Madagascar. But the film rightly showed the lemur as King Julien.
Malawi
In 1968, Malawi became the first country outside of Denmark to have a factory for brewing Carlsberg beer.
Mali
The name “Mali” is derived from “Malinke”, the people who established the Mali Empire in 1230. Mali was once called Ghana during the height of the Ghana Empire and Sudan during French colonization. Mali is more ‘Ghanaian’ than Ghana. Mali is home to Timbuktu.
Mauritania
Mauritania is home to one of the most extreme, scenic train rides in the World. The train is one of the longest and transports iron ore from interior to the coast, all of the journeys is in the Sahara desert. Its 704 meters.
Mauritius
Hinduism is the major religion at 48.54%, followed by Christianity at 32.71% and Islam. Mauritius is the only African country to have a Hindu majority.
Morocco
Morocco was the first country to recognize the USA in 1777. Spain has a land border with Morocco.
Mozambique
Mozambique flag has AK 47 gun and a hoe.
Namibia
Namibia is the only country with visible German influence in Africa. Namibia never really care about Nazi signs and they can be spotted in multiple German bars in Namibia.
Niger
Niger just like all Sahel countries are called sub-Saharan yet they are part of Sahara with a very small area in Sub-Saharan.
Nigeria
Nigeria has the best Afrobeat artists in Africa. Nigeria has the highest Gdp in Africa. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. The Kingdom of Benin was in Nigeria, not Benin.
Rwanda
Kigali is the cleanest city in Africa. Kigali has car-free days. Rwanda is the first country to use drone blood delivery. The drones work just like planes and they are being instructed by information from air traffic controllers. Rwanda is also one of the safest countries in Africa.
Sao Tome and Principe
The island of São Tomé was the world’s largest producer of cocoa in 1908 and the crop is still important.
Senegal
Senegal is home to African Renaissance Monument. Senegal and most of West Africa maintained a lot of their pre-colonial culture. The griot and music is a very powerful part of Senegalese culture.
Seychelles
The Miss World Beauty Pageant was held in Seychelles in 1997 and 1998.
Sierra Leone
The name has been derived from the words “Serra Leo” which in Portuguese mean- “Lion Mountain Range”.
Somalia
Somalia has the longest coastline on the continent’s mainland.
South Africa
South Africa has the World’s deepest mine. South Africa don’t celebrate the day they got independence from the British. They celebrate freedom day, the day apartheid ended. About 1/5 of the world’s gold comes from mines in South Africa.
Sudan
There are twice as many as pyramids in Sudan as in Egypt. Nubians from present-day Sudan ruled Egypt for nearly a century. The name “Sudan” translates to “the land of the blacks” in Arabic.
South Sudan
This is the World’s youngest country.
Swaziland
The King recently changed the name to Eswatini. Eswatini is an absolute monarch. In 2013, a Swazi civil aviation official announced that it was illegal for witches to fly broomsticks at a height above 150 meters.
Tanzania
Tanzania was derived from Tanganyika and Zanzibar when the two countries unified back in the 1960s. The tallest mountain Africa is Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 30% of Tanzania is game reserves/parks.
Togo
Over 50% of Togolese practice African religions.
Tunisia
The first female mayor in the Arab World was elected in Tunisia in 2018.
Uganda
Uganda has the highest Gorilla population in the World. Idi Amin expelled Indians from Uganda in the 1970s.
Zambia
The name comes from the Zambesi River and means “heart of all.” The Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe is the biggest in the World. It is known as “Musi-o-Tunyi”.
Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, you can buy an item priced in South African Rands, pay in euros, and get a change in US dollars. At the peak of inflation in 2008, Zimbabwe issued 100 trillion dollars.
