How good is your African geography? Can you name these countries, cities, lakes, bays and deserts? Test your knowledge and share your results below 🙂
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This country was home to one of mankind’s earliest civilisations
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Egypt
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Sudan
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Ethiopia
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This island republic gave its name to a 2005 computer-animated comedy film from DreamWorks
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Réunion
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Maldives
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Madagascar
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This is the biggest city in Africa, yet is not the capital of its country
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Abuja
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Lagos
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Kinshasa
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This city on the River Niger has long been a figure of utter remoteness
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Timbuktu
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Brazzaville
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Monrovia
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The youngest nation in Africa, this country gained independence in 2011
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Sudan
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South Sudan
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Burundi
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This Desert of semi-arid sandy savanna covers parts of three countries
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Sahara
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Negev
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Kalahari
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Although this country spans the Equator, snow lies permanently on its mountain peaks
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Kenya
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Uganda
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Tamzania
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One of the African Great Lakes, this one got its name from European royalty
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Lake Edward
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Lake Albert
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Lake Victoria
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Theatre of a vicious anti-colonial war in the years leading up to independence in 1962, this country is home to the popular raï music
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Algeria
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Morocco
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Tunisia
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Largely adjudged a ‘failed state’ this country formed the backdrop to the 2001 movie Black Hawk Down
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Djibouti
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Libya
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Somalia
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The name of this body of water may evoke a civil war of the 1960s
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Bight of Biafra
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Bay of Burundi
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Gulf of Gambia
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This is the only African country where German is a recognised national language
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Angola
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Botswana
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Namibia
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This sausage-shaped former British colony occupies both banks of the river of the same name—and little else
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Gambia
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Senegal
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Ghana
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A former French colony, its name is entirely included within that of its densely populated neighbour
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Chad
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Niger
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Mali
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I got thirteen out of fourteen
Very impressive! Thanks for playing 🙂
1 got 10
Very nice, Anaya 🙂
thanks
Well, done!
6/14 bad
This was a hard one, Jotomy!
Shared FB 3/9/17 @67V
got 8 out of 14 right!
Not a bad score, Edith – more than 50% (Don’t ask me to do the maths!) Thanks for playing 🙂
7 right. Not up to scratch on my African geography it seems!
Just as many right as wrong – gotta be ++positive 🙂
10/14 I love myself today
You should do that every day, regardless! And well done 🙂
I didn’t think I would know much but I managed to get 12/14. Your questions helped a great deal. Great quiz as always. 🙂
Thank you! It’s really nice, I find, when you do much better than you expect in a hard quiz 🙂 Well done!
7 out of 14
Not bad, Hamza! Thanks for playing 🙂
your welcome dude!
I don’t know
But perhaps you know now!