African nations
Saharan states, perhaps
African nations are the countries of Africa, typically referring to the 54 sovereign states recognized by the African Union.
The phrase appears in geopolitical and economic contexts: African nations voted as a bloc at the UN, investment opportunities in African nations.
Sometimes used to emphasize the continent's political diversity rather than treating Africa as a monolith.
- natural resourcesUseful substances from nature
- blood diamondsGems mined to fund warfare
- slave tradeCommerce in human beings
- Pan-AfricanismContinental and diaspora solidarity ideology
- colonial bordersBoundaries imposed by occupiers
agriculture · drought conditions · democracy · authoritarianism · peacekeeping missions · independence movements · oral storytelling · traditional music · festivals · economic disparity · debt relief · mobile banking · liberation movements · apartheid · child soldiers · colonization · ubuntu · tribal leaders
- African studiessub-Saharan, pan-Africanism, colonial history, Afrocentrism, negritude
African nationsEuropean nations
Countries on that continent
European countries · Asian countries · Nordic countries · European powers · Caribbean nations
African nationscolonial powers
Nations that colonized others
Western powers · British Empire · French Empire · developed countries
African, Africa, Africans, nation, nations, national, nationally, nationality, nationhood