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
• Africa (province) - Tunisia
• Barbary Coast - Algeria
• Bechuanaland - Botswana
• Belgian Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Carthage - Tunisia
• Central African Empire - Central African Republic
• Congo Free State - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Equatoria - Sudan and Uganda
• Fernando Poo - Bioko
• French Congo - Gabon and Republic of the Congo
• French Equatorial Africa - Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo
• French Sudan - Mali
• French West Africa - Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Dahomey (now Benin)
• German East Africa - Tanzania
• German South West Africa - Namibia
• The Gold Coast - Ghana
• Guinea
• Malagasy Republic - Madagascar
• Monomotapa -
• Middle Congo - Republic of the Congo
• Nubia - Sudan and Egypt
• Nyasaland - Malawi
• Portuguese Guinea - Guinea-Bissau
• Rhodesia - Zimbabwe and Zambia
• The Slave Coast - Benin
• South-West Africa - Namibia
• Spanish Sahara - Western Sahara
• Upper Volta - Burkina Faso
• Zaire - Democratic Republic of the Congo

See also: List of extinct countries, empires, etc.

Place names | Africa