Africa

Africa was a continent on Earth. 
It had coastlines on the North and South Atlantic Oceans, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The equator, a line of latitude which divided the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres, ran through the continent. Northern Africa was where some of the Middle Eastern countries were located.
African animals included zebras, elephants, lions, and rhinoceros. ()
Humans lived in Africa as early as one thousand centuries ago, including the :/Xam Abathwa tribe, who told stories about the first people. (; )
The Yoruba people also lived in Africa during the 4th century. ()
During World War II, German general Erwin Rommel fought in North Africa, as did the character played by the Hirogen Karr in a holoprogram. ()
In an alternate timeline, the Nazi and Na'kuhl alliance faced several setbacks in World War II action in Africa during 1944. ()
In the 1960s, the mission insignia for Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 included western Africa in its design. ()
In the late 20th century, Africa was seen on the photograph "The Blue Marble". ()
During the Eugenics Wars, North Africa was a theater of battle. Captain Jonathan Archer's great-grandfather was involved in a campaign in North Africa. During that conflict, he contacted the enemy commander in a successful effort to allow some non-combatant civilians time to get to safety. ()
In the early 21st century, Africa was heavily affected by the AIDS disease. ()
Some time in the mid 21st century, Cristóbal Rios was killed in a bar fight in the north African country of Morocco while attempting to secure medical supplies. () 
In the 2130s, Jonathan Archer made a trip to East Africa, where he saw a gazelle give birth. ()
In the early 23rd century, Uhura was born in Kenya, in East Africa. She spoke Swahili as her native language, and ultimately learned all 22 of the languages spoken in Kenya. (; )
Maps of Earth were stored in the 's library computer in 2254. In both the political map and the relief map, Africa was visible. Both maps were among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. ()
An identical landmass to Africa was observed on in 2267, which was an exact replica of the planet Earth. ()
In 2335, Geordi La Forge was born in the African Confederation. ()
In 2369, the holodeck character of Regina Barthalomew told Reginald Barclay of her trip to Africa, where she had taken part in a safari and was allowed to wear trousers all the time. By this date, Barclay had never been to Africa. ()
File:Earth political map.jpg|Africa on a 21st century-era political map of Earth
File:Africa relief map.jpg|Relief map centered on Africa
File:Earth, The Blue Marble.jpg|Africa on planet Earth
File:Miri (planet), remastered.jpg|African-like landmass on Earth Two
== Locations ==
* African Confederation
* Arabian Sea
* Canary Islands
* Senegal
** Dakar
* Egypt
** Giza
*** Great Pyramid
* Kenya
** Lake Simbi Nyaima
** Nairobi
*** University of Nairobi
* Morocco
* Nigeria
** Ogbunike Caves
* Sahara Desert
* Somalia
** Mogadishu
* South Africa
== See also ==
* Epsilon Ashanti III
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* Yoruba mask
== Background information ==
According to an Original Series writer's guide, Uhura was born in 2239 in the "United States of Africa". 
 for explained that at the time of Kirk's corvette incident, his mother was in Africa.
Retroactive continuity: Several 20th century-era maps depicting Africa, or portions of it, were stored in the library computer in 2254. These maps included a continent projections map, an eastern hemisphere map, a political map of the northern hemisphere, and a statistical map. These maps were among the materials viewed by the Talosians when they scanned the Enterprise computer. ()
Decades later, a Central Intelligence Agency map was used for the remastered "The Cage". This map was published either in April 2007 or September 2008. The difference, which was not noticeable at the resolution of the image from the episode, was the addition of Kosovo, which gained its independence between the releases.
File:Earth continents.jpg|Africa on a map of Earth's continents
File:Eastern hemisphere graphic, The Cage.jpg|Africa on a map of Earth's eastern hemisphere
File:Earth map, 20th century, Northern Hemisphere.jpg|Africa on a 20th century-era political map of Earth's northern hemisphere
File:Statistical map.jpg|Africa on a statistical map
Features from the CIA map 	Features from the CIA map	Features from the CIA map
Country 	Capital 	Notes
Algeria 	Algiers 	A northern African country. Major cities - Constantine, Oran.
Angola 	Luanda 	A central African country. Major city - Namibe.
Bassas da India 	 	A Mozambique Channel territory of France.
Benin 	Porto Novo 	A western African country.
Botswana 	Gaborone 	A southern African country.
Burkina Faso 	Ouagadougou 	A western African country.
Burundi 	Bujumbura 	An eastern African country.
Cameroon 	Yaounde 	A central African country. Major city - Douala.
Canary Islands 	 	A North Atlantic Ocean territory of Spain.
Cape Verde 	Praia 	A western African country.
Central African Republic 	Bangui 	A central African country.
Ceuta 	 	An exclave of Spain in Morocco.
Chad 	N'Djamena 	A central African country.
Comoros 	Moroni 	An eastern African country.
Côte d'Ivoire 	Yamoussoukro 	A western African country. Major city - Abidan.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa 	A central African country. Major cities - Lubumbashi, Kisangani, Mbuji-Mayi.
Djibouti 	Djibouti 	An eastern African country.
Egypt 	Cairo 	A northern African country. Major cities - Alexandria, Al Jizah, Aswan.
Equatorial Guinea 	Malabo 	A central African country.
Eritrea 	Asmara 	An eastern African country.
Ethiopia 	Addis Ababa 	An eastern African country.
Europa Island 	 	A Mozambique Channel territory of France.
Gabon 	Libreville 	A central African country.
Gambia 	Banjul 	A western African country.
Ghana 	Accra 	A western African country.
Glorioso Islands 	 	A Mozambique Channel territory of France.
Guinea 	Conakry 	A western African country.
Guinea-Bassau 	Bissau 	A western African country.
Juan de Nova Island 	 	A Mozambique Channel territory of France.
Kenya 	Nairobi 	An eastern African country. Major city - Mombasa.
Lesotho 	Maseru 	A southern African country.
Liberia 	Monrovia 	A western African country.
Libya 	Tripoli 	A northern African country. Major city - Benghazi.
Madagascar 	Antananarivo 	An eastern African country.
Malawi 	Lilongwe 	An eastern African country. Major city - Blantyre.
Mali 	Bamako 	A western African country. Major city - Tombouctou.
Mauritania 	Nouakchott 	A western African country.
Mauritius 	Port Louis 	An eastern African country.
Mayotte 	 	An Indian Ocean island "administered by France, claimed by Comoros"
Melila 	 	An exclave of Spain in Morocco.
Morocco 	Rabat 	A northern African country. Major cities - Casablanca, Fès, Marrakech.
Mozambique 	Maputo 	An eastern African country. Major city - Beira.
Namibia 	Windhoek 	A southern African country. Major city - Walvis Bay.
Niger 	Niamey 	A western African country.
Nigeria 	Abuja 	A western African country. Major cities - Ibadan, Kano, Lagos, Ogbomoso.
Republic of the Congo 	Brazzaville 	A central African country. Major city - Pointe-Noire.
Réunion 	Saint-Denis 	An Indian Ocean territory of France.
Rwanda 	Kigali 	An eastern African country.
Saint Helena 	 	A South Atlantic Ocean territory of the United Kingdom. Islands in this territory - Ascension Island, Gough Island, Saint Helena, Tristan de Cunha.
São Tomé and Príncipe 	São Tomé 	A central African country.
Senegal 	Dakar 	A western African country.
Seychelles 	Victoria 	An eastern African country.
Sierra Leone 	Freetown 	A western African country.
Somalia 	Mogadishu 	A eastern African country. Major city - Hargeysa.
South Africa 	Pretoria 	A southern African country. Major cities - Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth.
Sudan 	Khartoum 	A northern African country. Major cities - Iuba, Kassala, Nyala, Omdurman, Port Sudan, Omdurman.
Tanzania 	Dar es Salaam 	An eastern African country. Major city - Dodoma.
Togo 	Lomé 	A western African country.
Tromelin Island 	 	An Indian Ocean territory of France.
Tunisia 	Tunis 	A northern African country.
Uganda 	Kampala 	An eastern African country.
Zambia 	Lusaka 	An eastern African country. Major city - Ndola.
Zimbabwe 	Harare 	An eastern African country.
== Apocrypha ==
In the The Captains' Honor, set 100 years after , it is explained that the planet's alternate conquered their world by extending into all of Africa (or the equivalent of such) and using the captured resources and manpower to launch wars and take over the rest of the planet.
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