*This is an African sub for Africans and their diasporas,* **first and foremost**. *Have the decency to respect that or your comments will be removed.*

[**Read the rules before posting - we do enforce them !**](https://www.reddit.com/r/Africa/wiki/rules)

* ~~Light-hearted fun, moody vistas, picture of the African dish you cooked, sports, gossips, celebrities and that thing you aren't sure you should post here, find a relaxed environment at /r/AfricaUpdate or /r/africans~~

* African music, please go to r/AfricanMusic

* Tourism, please go to ~~r/TravelAfrica~~ r/Travel

* Wildlife pictures, please go to ~~r/AfricanSafari~~ or r/wildlifephotography

* ~~Soccer, please go to r/africansoccer~~

* Memes go to r/AfricaMemes

* Celebrity gossip, please go anywhere but here

* Cryptocurrency promotion earns instant ban

* L'Afrique en Français, c'est /r/Afrique

___
**Other African Subreddits:**

* [African History](/r/africanhistory)

* [Ask an African](/r/AskAnAfrican)

* [African Art](/r/africanart)

* [African Cinema](/r/africancinema)

* [African Culture](/r/africanculture)

* ~~[African Soccer](/r/africansoccer)~~

* [African Architecture](/r/AfricanArchitecture)

* [African Music](/r/AfricanMusic)

***

* [Algeria](/r/algeria)

* [Angola](/r/Angola)

* [Biafra](/r/Biafra)

* [Burundi](/r/Burundi)

* [Cameroon](/r/Cameroon)

* [Cape Verde](/r/CapeVerde)

* [Chad](/r/Chad)

* [Congo](/r/Congo)

* [Djibouti](/r/Djibouti)

* [Egypt](/r/egypt)

* [Eritrea](/r/eritrea) and [Eritrean](/r/eritrean)

* [Ethiopia](/r/ethiopia)

* [Gabon](/r/gabon)

* [Gambia](/r/Gambia)

* [Ghana](/r/ghana)

* [Guinea](/r/guinea) and [Guinea Republic](/r/GuineaRepublic)

* [Ivory Coast](/r/IvoryCoast)

* [Kenya](/r/kenya)

* [Lesotho](/r/lesotho)

* [Liberia](/r/Liberia)

* [Libya](/r/libya/)

* [Madagascar](/r/Madagascar)

* [Malawi](/r/Malawi)

* [Mali](/r/Mali)

* [Mauritania](/r/Mauritania)

* [Mauritius](/r/mauritius)

* [Morocco](/r/Morocco)

* [Mozambique](/r/Mozambique)

* [Namibia](/r/Namibia)

* [Niger](/r/niger)

* [Nigeria](/r/nigeria)

* [Rwanda](/r/Rwanda)

* [Senegal](/r/Senegal)

* [Seychelles](/r/Seychelles)

* [Sierra Leone](/r/SierraLeone)

* [Somalia](/r/somalia)

* [Somaliland](/r/Somaliland)

* [South Africa](/r/southafrica)

* [Sudan](/r/Sudan)

* [Swaziland](/r/Swaziland)

* [Tanzania](/r/tanzania)

* [Togo](/r/Togo)

* [Tunisia](/r/Tunisia)

* [Uganda](/r/Uganda)

* [Western Sahara](/r/WesternSahara/)

* [Zambia](/r/Zambia)

* [Zimbabwe](/r/Zimbabwe)

***

* [African Union](/r/AfricanUnion/)

* [ECOWAS](/r/ECOWAS/)

* [East African Federation](/r/EastAfricanFederation/)


***

* [Nigerian Fluency](r/NigerianFluency)

* [Swahili language](/r/swahili/)

* [Black Culture](/r/blackculture)

* [Afro diaspora](/r/AfroDiaspora)

<div class="md">This is an African sub for Africans and their diasporas, first and foremost. Have the decency to respect that or your comments will be removed.

<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Africa/wiki/rules">Read the rules before posting - we do enforce them !</a>

<ul>
<li><del>Light-hearted fun, moody vistas, picture of the African dish you cooked, sports, gossips, celebrities and that thing you aren&#39;t sure you should post here, find a relaxed environment at <a href="/r/AfricaUpdate">/r/AfricaUpdate</a> or <a href="/r/africans">/r/africans</a></del></li>
<li>African music, please go to <a href="/r/AfricanMusic">r/AfricanMusic</a></li>
<li>Tourism, please go to <del><a href="/r/TravelAfrica">r/TravelAfrica</a></del> <a href="/r/Travel">r/Travel</a></li>
<li>Wildlife pictures, please go to <del><a href="/r/AfricanSafari">r/AfricanSafari</a></del> or <a href="/r/wildlifephotography">r/wildlifephotography</a></li>
<li><del>Soccer, please go to <a href="/r/africansoccer">r/africansoccer</a></del></li>
<li>Memes go to <a href="/r/AfricaMemes">r/AfricaMemes</a></li>
<li>Celebrity gossip, please go anywhere but here</li>
<li>Cryptocurrency promotion earns instant ban</li>
<li>L&#39;Afrique en Français, c&#39;est <a href="/r/Afrique">/r/Afrique</a></li>
</ul>

<hr/>

Other African Subreddits:

<ul>
<li><a href="/r/africanhistory">African History</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskAnAfrican">Ask an African</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/africanart">African Art</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/africancinema">African Cinema</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/africanculture">African Culture</a></li>
<li><del><a href="/r/africansoccer">African Soccer</a></del></li>
<li><a href="/r/AfricanArchitecture">African Architecture</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AfricanMusic">African Music</a></li>
</ul>

<hr/>

<ul>
<li><a href="/r/algeria">Algeria</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Angola">Angola</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Biafra">Biafra</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Burundi">Burundi</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/CapeVerde">Cape Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Chad">Chad</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Congo">Congo</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/egypt">Egypt</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/eritrea">Eritrea</a> and <a href="/r/eritrean">Eritrean</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/gabon">Gabon</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Gambia">Gambia</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/ghana">Ghana</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/guinea">Guinea</a> and <a href="/r/GuineaRepublic">Guinea Republic</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/IvoryCoast">Ivory Coast</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/kenya">Kenya</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/lesotho">Lesotho</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Liberia">Liberia</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/libya/">Libya</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Malawi">Malawi</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Mali">Mali</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/mauritius">Mauritius</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Morocco">Morocco</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Namibia">Namibia</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/niger">Niger</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/nigeria">Nigeria</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Senegal">Senegal</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/SierraLeone">Sierra Leone</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/somalia">Somalia</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Somaliland">Somaliland</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/southafrica">South Africa</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Sudan">Sudan</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Swaziland">Swaziland</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/tanzania">Tanzania</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Togo">Togo</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Uganda">Uganda</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/WesternSahara/">Western Sahara</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Zambia">Zambia</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li>
</ul>

<hr/>

<ul>
<li><a href="/r/AfricanUnion/">African Union</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/ECOWAS/">ECOWAS</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/EastAfricanFederation/">East African Federation</a></li>
</ul>

<hr/>

<ul>
<li>[Nigerian Fluency](<a href="/r/NigerianFluency">r/NigerianFluency</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/r/swahili/">Swahili language</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/blackculture">Black Culture</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AfroDiaspora">Afro diaspora</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

/r/Africa

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Continentally relevant discussion and the best of Africa for Africans.

<div class="md">Continentally relevant discussion and the best of Africa for Africans.
</div>

#[**Read the rules before posting - we do enforce them !**](https://www.reddit.com/r/Africa/wiki/rules)

* No RANDOM caps in TITLE !

* Remove title suffixes, such as " - Website Name"

* Light-hearted fun, tea chatter, your daily mood, picture of the African dish you cooked, sports, gossips, celebrity gists and that thing you aren't sure you should post here, find a relaxed environment at /r/AfricaUpdate

* African music, please go to r/AfricanMusic instead

* Tourism, please go to r/TravelAfrica instead

* Wildlife pictures, please go to r/AfricanSafari or r/wildlifephotography instead

* Soccer, please go to r/africansoccer instead

* Memes go to r/AfricaMemes

* Celebrity gossip, please go anywhere but here

* Cryptocurrency promotion earns instant ban

* L'Afrique en Français, c'est /r/Afrique

<div class="md"><h1><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Africa/wiki/rules">Read the rules before posting - we do enforce them !</a></h1>

<ul>
<li>No RANDOM caps in TITLE !</li>
<li>Remove title suffixes, such as &quot; - Website Name&quot;</li>
<li>Light-hearted fun, tea chatter, your daily mood, picture of the African dish you cooked, sports, gossips, celebrity gists and that thing you aren&#39;t sure you should post here, find a relaxed environment at <a href="/r/AfricaUpdate">/r/AfricaUpdate</a></li>
<li>African music, please go to <a href="/r/AfricanMusic">r/AfricanMusic</a> instead</li>
<li>Tourism, please go to <a href="/r/TravelAfrica">r/TravelAfrica</a> instead</li>
<li>Wildlife pictures, please go to <a href="/r/AfricanSafari">r/AfricanSafari</a> or <a href="/r/wildlifephotography">r/wildlifephotography</a> instead</li>
<li>Soccer, please go to <a href="/r/africansoccer">r/africansoccer</a> instead</li>
<li>Memes go to <a href="/r/AfricaMemes">r/AfricaMemes</a></li>
<li>Celebrity gossip, please go anywhere but here</li>
<li>Cryptocurrency promotion earns instant ban</li>
<li>L&#39;Afrique en Français, c&#39;est <a href="/r/Afrique">/r/Afrique</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

Where would you start backpacking if you were going to Africa, and why?