Africa today -- Historical background (pre-colonial) -- The Colonial Period -- NORTH AFRICA: Algeria -- Egypt -- Libya -- Morocco -- Tunisia -- WEST AFRICA: Benin -- Burkina Faso -- Cape Verde -- Côte d'Ivoire -- The Gambia -- Ghana -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Liberia -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Senegal -- Sierra Leone -- Togo -- CENTRAL AFRICA: Burundi -- Cameroon -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Congo-Brazzaville -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Equatorial Guinea -- Gabon -- Rwanda -- São Tomé e Príncipe -- EAST AFRICA: Djibouti -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Kenya -- Somalia -- Sudan -- Tanzania -- Uganda -- INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND NATIONS: Comoros -- Madagascar -- Mauritius -- Seychelles -- SOUTHERN AFRICA: Angola -- Botswana -- Lesotho -- Malawi -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- South Africa -- Swaziland -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe.