Africa

Listen to dialects and accents of Africa. Please select a region from the list below.

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
Egypt
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritania
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe

For more information on African languages, we suggest listening to the October 2020 edition of the In a Manner of Speaking podcast with Dr. Joyce Sukumane and IDEA Founder Paul Meier. And to learn more Africa, visit Wikipedia.

Image courtesy of iStockPhoto (#587892720 and PeterHermesFurian). (For a more detailed, interactive map, showing speakers from this region, visit our Global Map.)