Learn the capitals of Africa in 1914
The plan: 9 batches of five
How the pieces are shared out, five at a time and by area of the map (in brackets, the capital when its name differs). Each batch starts next to the last one.
- Batch 1: Praia (Portuguese Cape Verde), Bathurst (Banjul) (British Gambia), Bolama (Portuguese Guinea), Freetown (British Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia)
- Batch 2: Villa Cisneros (Spanish Sahara), Rabat (French Morocco), Tetouan (Spanish Morocco), Algiers (French Algeria), Tunis (Tunisia (French protectorate))
- Batch 3: Dakar (French West Africa), Lomé (German Togoland), Accra (Gold Coast), Lagos (British Nigeria), Santa Isabel (Malabo) (Spanish Guinea)
- Batch 4: Buea (German Kamerun), Brazzaville (French Equatorial Africa), São Tomé (Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe), Boma (Belgian Congo), Luanda (Portuguese Angola)
- Batch 5: Khartoum (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan), Asmara (Italian Eritrea), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Djibouti (French Somaliland), Berbera (British Somaliland)
- Batch 6: Mogadishu (Italian Somaliland), Nairobi (British East Africa), Zanzibar, Entebbe (Uganda Protectorate), Dar es Salaam (German East Africa)
- Batch 7: Zomba (Nyasaland), Lourenço Marques (Maputo) (Portuguese East Africa), Salisbury (Harare) (Southern Rhodesia), Livingstone (Northern Rhodesia), Mafeking (Bechuanaland)
- Batch 8: Windhoek (German South West Africa), Pretoria (Union of South Africa), Maseru (Basutoland), Mbabane (Swaziland), Tananarive (French Madagascar)
- Batch 9: Port Louis (British Mauritius), Victoria (British Seychelles), Cairo (Egypt (under British rule)), Tripoli (Italian Libya)
Learn the capitals of Africa in 1914 at your own pace: we show you 44 capitals five at a time, each in its place on the map, and you go over the ones you miss until you know them. Free, no sign-up.
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What are the capitals of Africa in 1914?
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.
What is the easiest way to learn the capitals of Africa in 1914?
By area and in small groups: learn five neighbouring pieces, find them on the map with no rush, and go over the ones you miss a little later, then the next day. Reviewing just before you would forget is what makes them stick.
How long does it take to learn the capitals of Africa in 1914?
There are 44 pieces in 9 batches of five: about a minute per batch to see them all, then short reviews over a few days so you don't forget them.