List of festivals in Africa
      
The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Africa, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable. This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals, film festivals, folk festivals, religious festivals, recurring festivals on holidays, and music festivals. Note that list of music festivals in Africa redirects here, with music festivals denoted with (music) for countries where there is not a dedicated music section. The list overlaps with list of film festivals in Africa.
Sovereign states
Algeria
  
Angola
 
Benin
 
Botswana
 
 Burkina Faso
  
 Burundi
 
 Cameroon
  
 Cape Verde
 
 Central African Republic
 
 Chad
 
 Comoros
 
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
  
Djibouti
 
Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
The Gambia
Ghana
  
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
Kenya
Lesotho
 
Liberia
Libya
Malawi
  
Mali

Audience at the Festival au Desert near Timbuktu, Mali in 2012
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
 
Mozambique
 
Namibia
  
Niger
 
Nigeria
 
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
 
Film festivals in South Africa
Music festivals in South Africa
 
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
  
Togo
Tunisia
 
Uganda
Zambia
 
Zimbabwe
  
States with limited recognition
 
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  
Somaliland
  
Dependencies and other territories
Ascension Island (UK)
 
  
 
Réunion (France)
  
Saint Helena (UK)
 
Tristan da Cunha (UK)
 
See also
References
External links
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