List of castles in Africa
This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.
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Fortress of São Miguel
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Cairo Citadel, in 2010.
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Angola[]
- Fortaleza de São Miguel
- , Cunene Province
- , Cunene Province
Egypt[]
see also List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls
- Buhen (c.1860 BCE)
- Cairo Citadel (12th century)
- Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)
Ethiopia[]
- Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century)
Gambia[]
- Fort James (1651)
- Fort Jillifree, Jufureh
Ghana[]
- Fort Amsterdam, Abandze, Cormantin (1665-1721, 1785-1867)
- Fort Apollonia, Beyin (16..-16.., 1868-1871)
- Fort Saint Antony, Axim (February 1642 – 1664, 1665–71)
- Fort Batenstein, Butri (1656-1665, 1666-1871)
- Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688-1782, 16 April 1659-May 1659)
- Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649-1782, 1785-1867/8)
- Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687-1698, 1711-1712, 1732-1804)
- Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482)
- English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785-1871)
- Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku (1667/1705-1782, 1785-1868)
- (1725-1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
- Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina
- Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis), Dixcove (1868-1871)
- Fort Nassau, present Moree (1598/1611-1664, 1665-1782, 1785-1867)
- Fort Oranje, Sekondi (1640-1871)
- Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra
- Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt), Apam (1697-1782,1785-1868)
- Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
- Fort San Sebastian, Shema (1637-1664,1664-1871)
Kenya[]
- Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593-)
- Thimlich Ohinga, Migori, Kenya (c.500 AD - 1400 AD)
Libya[]
- El Tag, Kufra Oasis (mid-1930s)
- Fort Capuzzo
- Tripoli
Madagascar[]
- , Tolanaro, Madagascar 1643
- , Majunga, Madagascar 1824
- ?, Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar 1753
- [1], Antsiranana, Madagascar 1940-1945
- , Antananarivo, Madagascar 1940-1945
Mozambique[]
- Fort São Caetano, Sofala (1505)
- São Sebastião (1558-1608)
Nigeria[]
Senegal[]
Sierra Leone[]
- Fort Bunce (1670–1840)
- (before 1839–1849)
- (1160–?)
- (1792)
- (after 1672–around 1729)
- unnamed Fort close to Tanguarim (15th century)
Somalia[]
- Dhulbahante garesa of Taleh, Sool region.
- Dhulbahante garesa of Eyl, Nugaal region.
- Gondershe, Banaadir region.
- Qandala, Bari, Somalia region.
- Bargal, Bari region.
- Dubar, Woqooyi Galbeed
- Garesa, Banaadir region.
South Africa[]
See the main article: List of Castles and Fortifications in South Africa
- Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape Province (1822-1837)
- , Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
- Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
- Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c.1900)
- Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
- , Noetzie
- , Noetzie
- Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
- , Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
- Voortrekker Fort, Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga
Sudan[]
- Semna (Nubia), (1965-1920 BCE)
Tanzania[]
- (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700)
- (Old Fort) Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania (c. 1500) [2]
- , Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (19th century German colonial fort) (2°11′20.25″S 34°43′30.91″E / 2.1889583°S 34.7252528°E)
- , Bagamoyo, Tanzania (c. 1860 German colonial fortified building) (6°26′40.89″S 38°54′39.24″E / 6.4446917°S 38.9109000°E)
Tunisia[]
- Ribat of Monastir (old fort), Monastir, (c. 796)
- Ribat of Sousse (old fort), sousse, (c. 812)
- kasbah of Le kef (ottoman fort), kef, (c. 1612)
- Kasbah of Sfax (9th-century)
- Kelibia Fort , kelibia (5th century bc, 16th century)
- Borj El Kebir, djerba (14th century)
- , mahdia (16th century)
Zambia[]
Zimbabwe[]
- Fort Victoria (Masvingo)
- Great Zimbabwe (11th-15th century)
- Nesbitt Castle (Bulawayo)
- (Vumba)
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