To find books on each country below, click on the link in the country column.
Country	Capital	Ethnicity	Primary Language
Algeria	Algiers	Arab-Berber	Arabic
Angola	Luanda	Luandan, Kimbundu, Bakongo	Portuguese
Benin	Porto-Novo	Fon, Adja, Bariba, Yoruba	French
Botswana	Gaborone	Batswana, Kalanga	English
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Mossi, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani	French
Burundi	Bujumbura	Hutu, Tutsi, Twa	Kirundi, French
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Cameroon Highlander, Equitorial Bantu, Kirdi , Fulani	English, French
Central African Republic	Bangui	Baya, Banda, Mandija, Sara	French
Chad	N'Djamena	200+ distinct groups	French, Arabic
Congo (formerly Zaire)	Kinshasa	Bantu, 200+ tribes	French
Djibouti	Djibouti	Somali, Afar	French, Arabic
Egypt, ancient Egypt, Modern	Cairo	Eastern Hamitic, Greek, Nubian, Armenian	Arabic
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Fang, Bubi	Spanish
Eritrea	Asmara	Tigrays, Tigre, Kunama, Afar	Tigrinya, Tigre
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Oromo, Amhara, Tigre, Sidamo	Amharic
Gabon	Libreville	Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke, Bantu	French
Gambia	Banjul	Mandinka, Fula, Wolof	English
Ghana	Accra	Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe	English
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Balanta, Fula, Manjaca, Mandinga	Portuguese
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (de facto)	Baoule, Bete, Senoufou, Malinke	French
Kenya	Nairobi	Kikuyu, Luhya, Luo, Kalenjin, Kamba	Swahili, English
Lesotho	Maseru	Sotho	Sesotho, English
Liberia	Monrovia	Indigenous tribes, Americo-Liberian	English
Libya	Tripoli	Arab-Berber	Arabic
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Malagasy, Malayo-Indonesian, Cotiers, French, Indian, Creole, Comoran	French, Malagasy
Malawi	Lilongwe	Chewa, Nyanja, Lomwe, Bantu	English, Chichewa
Mali	Bamako	Mande, Peul, Voltaic, Songhai, Tuareg, Moor	French
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Mixed Maur/Black, Maur, Black	Hassaniya Arabic, Wolof
Morocco	Rabat	Arab-Berber	Arabic
Mozambique	Maputo	Bantu	Portuguese
Namibia	Windhoek	Ocambo, Kavangos, Herero, Damara, White	English
Niger	Niamey	Hausa, Djerma, Fula, Tuareg	French
Nigeria	Abuja	Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani	English
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Kongo, Sangha, Teke, M'Bochi	French
Réunion	Saint-Denis	French, African, Malagasy, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian	French, Creole
Rwanda	Kigali	Hutu, Tutsi, Twa	French, Kinyarwanda
Senegal	Dakar	Wolof, Fulani, Serer, Diola, Toucouleur, Mandingo	French
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Temne, Mende, other tribes	English
Somalia	Mogadishu	Somali	Somali
South Africa	Cape Town (legislative), Pretoria (executive), and Bloemfontein (judicial)	Black, White, Coloured, Indian	Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Sotho
Sudan	Khartoum	Black, Arab, Beja	Arabic
Swaziland	Mbabane	African, European	Siswati and English
Tanzania	Dar-es-Salaam	African	Swahili, English
Togo	Lomé	Ewe, Mina, Kabye	French
Tunisia	Tunis	Arab-Berber	Arabic
Uganda	Kampala	Bantu, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic tribes	English
Zambia	Lusaka	African, European	English
Zimbabwe	Harare	Shona, Ndebele	English
Names of countries and some boundaries have changed over the years in Africa. If you are using an old atlas, or examining old records, the name of the country may be different. Below are the former names of countries along with the current name:
Abyssinia = Ethiopia	Afars and Issas Territory = Djibouti	Basutoland = Lesotho	Bechuanaland = Botswana
Belgian Congo = Congo	Benadir = Somalia	Biafra = Nigeria	Belgian Congo = Congo
Bophuthatswana = South Africa	British Bechuanaland = S. Africa	British East Africa = Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda	Cape Colony = S. Africa
Central African Empire = Central African Republic	Ciskei (Republic of Ciskei) = S. Africa	Dahomey = Benin	French Somaliland = Djibouti
French Sudan = Mali	German Southwest Africa = Namibia	Gold Coast = Ghana	Grain Coast = Liberia
Hausaland = Niger and Nigeria	Italian East Africa = Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia	Italian Somaliland = Somalia	Kaffraria = S. Africa
Katanga = Congo	Malagasy Republic = Madagascar	Nubia=Sudan, and Egypt	Nyasaland = Malawi
Portuguese East Africa = Mozambique	Rhodesia, Northern = Zambia	Rhodesia, Southern = Zimbabwe	Rio de Oro = Western Sahara (region)
Ruanda = Rwanda	Sahara Occidental = Western Sahara (region)	Sahel region = Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal	Senegambia = Gambia and Senegal
Songhay = Mali and Mauritania	South West Africa = Namibia	Spanish Sahara = Western Sahara (region)	Spanish West Africa = Morocco and Western Sahara (region)
Stellaland = S. Africa	Tanganyika Territory = Tanzania	Togoland = Ghana	Transkei = S. Africa
Transvaal = Province Limpopo of S. Africa	Ubangi-Shari = Central African Republic	Union of S. Africa = S. Africa	Spanish Guinea = Equatorial Guinea
United Arab Republic = Egypt and Syria	Upper Volta = Burkina Faso	Urundi = Burundi	Zaire = Congo
Zanzibar = Tanzania	Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) = South Africa