🏰 Africa Forts

66 forts · 18 countries

A profile for each of the 66 notable forts in Africa — location, country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia. These 66 forts span 18 countries.

Abu Nafisa fort

Sudan

Bir Hakeim

Libya

Borj Belkari

Morocco

Borj El Kebir

Tunisia

Borj El Ksar

Tunisia

Borj Ennar

Tunisia

Borj Masouda

Tunisia

Cacheu Fort

Guinea-Bissau

Deir el-Atrash

Egypt

El Gamil

Egypt

Elmina Castle

Ghana

Fort Amsterdam, Ghana

Ghana

Fort Augustaborg

Ghana

Fort Batenstein

Ghana

Fort Capuzzo

Libya

Fort Coenraadsburg

Ghana

Fort Cox, Eastern Cape

South Africa

Fort de Shinkakasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fort Elize Carthago

Ghana

Fort Fredensborg

Ghana

Fort Frederick, Eastern Cape

South Africa

Fort James, Ghana

Ghana

Fort Jesus

Kenya

Fort Julien

Egypt

Fort Lugard

Uganda

Fort Merensky

South Africa

Fort Metal Cross

Ghana

Fort Nassau, Ghana

Ghana

Fort Nongqayi

South Africa

Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Inhambane)

Mozambique

Fort Nossa Senhora da Vitória

Angola

Fort Nottingham

South Africa

Fort of Kikombo

Angola

Fort of Santa Cruz (Oran)

Algeria

Fort Orange, Ghana

Ghana

Fort Patience

Ghana

Fort Patiko

Uganda

Fort Pearson

South Africa

Fort Prinzenstein

Ghana

Fort Ruychaver

Ghana

Fort Saint Anthony

Ghana

Fort São Caetano

Mozambique

Fort São Filipe de Benguela

Angola

Fort São Jerónimo (São Tomé and Príncipe)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Fort São José (Encoje)

Angola

Fort São José (Ibo)

Mozambique

Fort São Sebastião de Xama

Ghana

Fort Victoria, Cape Coast

Ghana

Fort Vredenburgh

Ghana

Fort William, Ghana

Ghana

Fort Witsen

Ghana

Fortaleza de São José da Amura

Guinea-Bissau

Forte do Príncipe Real

Cape Verde

Forte Duque de Bragança

Cape Verde

Forte Real de São Filipe

Cape Verde

Fortim d'El-Rei

Cape Verde

Fortress of São Francisco do Penedo

Angola

Hosh el-Kab fort

Sudan

La Mamora

Morocco

Madama

Niger

Old Fort (Durban)

South Africa

Old Fort of Zanzibar

Tanzania

Redoubt Duijnhoop

South Africa

Tjaru

Egypt

Ussher Fort

Ghana

Voortrekker Fort, Elandsfontein

South Africa

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