List of castles in Africa
This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.

Aerial view of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's main fort in Taleh, Somalia, the capital of his Dervish State.
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Cairo Citadel, in 2010.

Fasiledes's castle, Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar.

The Citadel of Gondershe, Somalia was an important city in the Medieval Ajuran Empire.
Angola
- Fortaleza de São Miguel
- Fort Naulila, Cunene Province
- Fort Cuangar, Cunene Province
Egypt
see also List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls
- Buhen (c.1860 BCE)
- Cairo Citadel (12th century)
- Citadel of Qaitbay (15th century)
Ethiopia
- Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century)
- Guzara Castle, Guzara (16th century)
Gambia
- Fort James (1651)
- Fort Jillifree, Jufureh
Ghana
Main articles: Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions and Dutch Gold Coast
- Fort Amsterdam, Abandze, Cormantin (1665-1721, 1785-1867)
- Fort Apollonia, Benyin (16..-16.., 1868-1871)
- Fort Saint Antony, Axim (February 1642 – 1664, 1665–71)
- Fort Batenstein, Butri (1656-1665, 1666-1871)
- Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast (1688-1782, 16 April 1659-May 1659)
- Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649-1782, 1785-1867/8)
- Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687-1698, 1711-1712, 1732-1804)
- Elmina Castle, Elmina (1482)
- English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda (1785-1871)
- Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku (1667/1705-1782, 1785-1868)
- Fort Hollandia (1725-1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
- Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina
- Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis), Dixcove (1868-1871)
- Fort Nassau, present Moree (1598/1611-1664, 1665-1782, 1785-1867)
- Fort Oranje, Sekondi (1640-1871)
- Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra
- Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt), Apam (1697-1782,1785-1868)
- Fort Prinzenstein, Keta
- Fort San Sebastian, Shema (1637-1664,1664-1871)
Kenya
- Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593-)
- Thimlich Ohinga, Migori, Kenya (c.500 AD - 1400 AD)
Libya
- El Tag, Kufra Oasis (mid-1930s)
- Fort Capuzzo
Madagascar
- Fort Flacourt, Tolanaro, Madagascar 1643
- Fort Rova, Majunga, Madagascar 1824
- Fort lalana sylvain roux?, Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar 1753
- Windsor Castle, Antsiranana, Antsiranana, Madagascar 1940-1945
- Fort Voyron, Antananarivo, Madagascar 1940-1945
Mozambique
- Fort São Caetano, Sofala (1505)
- São Sebastião (1558-1608)
Nigeria
- Kajuru castle, Kajuru, Nigeria (1989)
Senegal
- Fort Nassau
- Fort Oranje
Somalia
Main article: Architecture of Somalia
- Taleh, Sool region.
- Eyl, Nugaal region.
- Gondershe, Banaadir region.
- Qandala, Bari, Somalia region.
- Bargal, Bari region.
- Dubar, Woqooyi Galbeed
- Garesa, Banaadir region.
South Africa
See the main article: List of Castles and Fortifications in South Africa
- Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape Province (1822-1837)
- Castle On the Cliff
- Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
- Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666)
- Greylingstad, Mpumalanga (c.1900)
- Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
- Knoetzie Castles
- Craighross Castle, Noetzie
- Lindsay Castle, Noetzie
- Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s)
- Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
- Voortrekker Fort, Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga
Sudan
- Semna (Nubia), (1965-1920 BCE)
Tanzania
- Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort), Stone Town, Zanzibar (c. 1700)
- Kilwa Kisiwani gereza (Old Fort) Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania (c. 1500)
- Ikoma Fort, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (19th century German colonial fort) (2°11′20.25″S 34°43′30.91″E / 2.1889583°S 34.7252528°E)
- Bagamoyo Fort, Bagamoyo, Tanzania (c. 1860 German colonial fortified building) (6°26′40.89″S 38°54′39.24″E / 6.4446917°S 38.9109000°E)
Zambia
- Lundazi Castle
Zimbabwe
- Fort Victoria (Masvingo)
- Great Zimbabwe (11th-15th century)
- Nesbitt Castle (Bulawayo)
- The Castle (Vumba)
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