Capitals of Africa in 1914
We give you a capital, you tap its country on the map: 44 countries of Africa in 1914, against the clock. Beat your record or challenge a friend with a link!
💡 Did you know? At the Berlin Conference (1884–1885) the European powers set the rules for carving up Africa. More fun facts →
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List of the countries of Africa in 1914 and their capitals
To revise before you play (or after, to see where you went wrong).
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| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Anglo-Egyptian Sudan | Khartoum |
| Basutoland | Maseru |
| Bechuanaland | Mafeking |
| Belgian Congo | Boma |
| British East Africa | Nairobi |
| British Gambia | Bathurst (Banjul) |
| British Mauritius | Port Louis |
| British Nigeria | Lagos |
| British Seychelles | Victoria |
| British Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| British Somaliland | Berbera |
| Egypt (under British rule) | Cairo |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| French Algeria | Algiers |
| French Equatorial Africa | Brazzaville |
| French Madagascar | Tananarive |
| French Morocco | Rabat |
| French Somaliland | Djibouti |
| French West Africa | Dakar |
| German East Africa | Dar es Salaam |
| German Kamerun | Buea |
| German South West Africa | Windhoek |
| German Togoland | Lomé |
| Gold Coast | Accra |
| Italian Eritrea | Asmara |
| Italian Libya | Tripoli |
| Italian Somaliland | Mogadishu |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Northern Rhodesia | Livingstone |
| Nyasaland | Zomba |
| Portuguese Angola | Luanda |
| Portuguese Cape Verde | Praia |
| Portuguese East Africa | Lourenço Marques (Maputo) |
| Portuguese Guinea | Bolama |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
| Southern Rhodesia | Salisbury (Harare) |
| Spanish Guinea | Santa Isabel (Malabo) |
| Spanish Morocco | Tetouan |
| Spanish Sahara | Villa Cisneros |
| Swaziland | Mbabane |
| Tunisia (French protectorate) | Tunis |
| Uganda Protectorate | Entebbe |
| Union of South Africa | Pretoria |
| Zanzibar | Zanzibar |