List of castles in Africa

This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.

Aerial view of Dhulbahante garad & Darawiish king Diiriye Guure's main Dhulbahante Garesa (fort) complex in Taleh, Somalia, the capital of his Dervish State.

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Fortress of São Miguel

Cairo Citadel, in 2010.

Fasiledes's castle, Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar.

The Citadel of Gondershe, Somalia was an important city in the Medieval Ajuran Empire.

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[]

• Kajuru castle, Kajuru, Nigeria (1989)

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 / -2.1889583; 34.7252528)
• , Bagamoyo, Tanzania (c. 1860 German colonial fortified building) (6°26′40.89″S 38°54′39.24″E / 6.4446917°S 38.9109000°E / -6.4446917; 38.9109000)

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)