Historical African place names

This is a list of historical African place names. The names on the left are linked to the corresponding subregion(s) from History of Africa.

• Abyssinia - Ethiopia
• Barbary Coast - Algeria
• Bechuanaland - Botswana
• Belgian Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Carthage - Tunisia
• Central African Empire - Central African Republic
• Equatoria - Sudan and Uganda
• French Congo - Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo
• French Equatorial Africa - Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
• French Sudan - Mali
• French West Africa
• German East Africa - Tanzania
• German South West Africa - Namibia
• The Gold Coast - Ghana
• Malagasy Republic - Madagascar
• Nubia - Sudan and Egypt
• Nyasaland - Malawi
• Portuguese Guinea
• Rhodesia - Zimbabwe and Zambia
• The Slave Coast - Benin
• Spanish Sahara - Western Sahara
• Upper Volta - Burkina Faso
• Zaire - Democratic Republic of the Congo