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Genealogy Directory
Beginner's guide to
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International
Black Records
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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Cyndi's List African
American Resources
Cory Genealogical
Service-Southern Africa

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Tribes of Africa Jewish Southern Africa Special Interest Group
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Africa Resources
Imperial Ethiopia,
Africa's Oldest
Royal Dynasty
Books on African Genealogy Africa GenWeb
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North Africa
Discussion List
Western Sahara Gateway Indian Ocean Islands Genealogy (music alert) Trace African Roots
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Black History.com
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National Civil Rights Museum Civil War Links (Va.) Encyclopedia Britannica
Guide to Black History
International Black
History Resources
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Pharoahs of Egypt Library of Congress
Black History Guide
Smithsonian Exhibit
"African Voices"
CIA World Factbook African History
on the Internet
(Stanford Univ. Library)
Civil Rights History
in the USA
Apartheid History
in South Africa
Martin Luther King Jr.
National Memorial
Famous African Americans
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1855 Map of Africa African Americans in Virginia History
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CountryCapitalEthnicityPrimary 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
Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spanish, Portuguese, Flemings, Britons, European, S. America Spanish
Cape Verde Praia Spanish, Portuguese, Flemings, Britons, European, S. America Creole, paternal European, maternal Black African
Central African Republic Bangui Baya, Banda, Mandija, Sara French
Chad N'Djamena 200+ distinct groups French, Arabic
Comoros Moroni Malagassy, Indian, Chinese, white French Comorian, French, Arabic
Congo, Rep. of Brazzaville Kongo, Laari, Teke, Boulangui French, Kongo/Kituba, Lingala
Congo, Dem. Rep. of (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
(Côte d'Ivoire)
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
Mayotte Mamoudzou Bantu, Arab, Malagasy, mixed French
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
Saint Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha Jamestown British, American English
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé Mestiços, Angolares, Forros, Serviçais, Tongas, Portuguese, Chinese Portuguese, Forro, Angolar, Principense
Senegal Dakar Wolof, Fulani, Serer, Diola, Toucouleur, Mandingo French
Seychelles Victoria African, French, Indian Chinese French, English
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
Togolese Republic
Lomé Ewe, Mina, Kabye French
Tunisian Republic 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


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