Countries
Fifty-four countries, each with its own capital, languages, kitchen and calendar. Start with the map below and pick one to read.
Learn Africa
Say hello in a new language today.
Africa speaks over 2,000 languages. Start with the phrase of the day, then take a short lesson — the greetings, the sounds, and the culture behind them.
- 54 countries
- Cultures and traditions
- Food of the continent
- History and heritage
Nine starter lessons
Pick a language.
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Yorùbá
Nigeria, Benin, Togo
About 45 million speakers
Start the lesson🇳🇬Igbo
South-eastern Nigeria
About 31 million speakers
Start the lesson🇳🇬Hausa
Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Chad, Cameroon
Over 80 million speakers including second-language users
Start the lesson🇰🇪Kiswahili
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, DR Congo, Rwanda
Over 200 million speakers
Start the lesson🇿🇦isiZulu
South Africa
About 12 million first-language speakers
Start the lesson🇬🇭Twi (Akan)
Ghana
About 17 million speakers
Start the lesson🇪🇹Amharic
Ethiopia
About 35 million speakers
Start the lesson🇸🇳Wolof
Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania
About 12 million speakers
Start the lesson🇨🇩Lingala
DR Congo, Republic of the Congo
About 40 million speakers
Start the lessonKnow the continent
Fifty-four countries, one family.
Tap any country on the map to see its region, capital, languages, a dish to try and how to say hello.
Explore Africa
Fifty-four countries, one family.
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Six ways in
What you can learn here.
Cultures & traditions
Naming ceremonies, kola nut, coffee ceremonies, beadwork, masquerades — the customs that hold communities together.
Languages
Over 2,000 languages across four major families. Nine of them have full starter lessons here.
Food
Jollof and egusi, thieboudienne, injera and doro wat, ugali, pilau, seswaa, koshari, bobotie — and who eats what, when.
History & heritage
Nubia and Meroë, Great Zimbabwe, Mali and Timbuktu, the Swahili coast, Aksum, Benin bronzes and independence movements.
Modern Africa
Nollywood, Afrobeats and amapiano, fintech in Lagos and Nairobi, fashion weeks and a continent-wide free trade area.
Taste of Africa
Five plates to know.
- 🇳🇬Egusi with pounded yam
Melon-seed stew with leafy greens, eaten by hand with smooth pounded yam.
- 🇬🇭Jollof rice
Rice cooked in a tomato and pepper base. Ghana and Nigeria will never agree on whose is better.
- 🇸🇳Thieboudienne
Senegal's national dish: fish, broken rice and vegetables in tomato — often eaten from one shared bowl.
- 🇪🇹Injera and doro wat
Sour teff flatbread with a slow chicken stew, served on one shared platter.
- 🇰🇪Ugali and sukuma wiki
Maize meal with greens, the everyday plate across East Africa.
Did you know?
Africa has 54 countries and roughly 1.4 billion people — over half of them under 25.