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HSK
African swine fever
Asia, Africa and Latin America
China-Africa
Central Africa / Central African Republic (abbr. for 中非共和國|中非共和国)
South Africa / Southern Africa
African (person)
Durban (city in South Africa)
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis
East Africa
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  *非* | 非* | *非
abbr. for 非洲, Africa
South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
of African descent
capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
HSK 7-9
North Africa
London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Africa / abbr. for 阿非利加洲
African Development Bank
Niger River of West Africa
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
the Nile (river in northeastern Africa)
Central African Republic
Johannesburg, South Africa
East African Rift Valley
name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain)
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999
Tanganyika, sovereign state in Africa (1961–1964), later part of Tanzania
African National Congress, ANC / abbr. for 非洲人國民大會|非洲人国民大会
East African Community
African baobab; monkey-bread tree (Adansonia digitata)
Horn of Africa
African Union
Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)
Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
East African Rift Valley
Bangui, capital of Central African Republic
Bangui, capital of Central African Republic (Tw)
Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis / see also 非洲錐蟲病|非洲锥虫病
bushman (African ethnic group)
Aztec or African marigold (Tagetes erecta)
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
West Africa
Berber people of North Africa
Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)
Africa
sub-Saharan Africa
(Johannes Lodewikus) Viljoen (South African ambassador to Taiwan)
Cape Ras Hafun, Somalia, the easternmost point in Africa
Organization of African Unity
Pretoria, capital of South Africa (Tw)
African Union (AU) (abbr. for 非洲聯盟|非洲联盟)
Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology / Atlas Mountains in North Africa
Africa
Great East African rift valley
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
Zuma (name) / Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president 2009-2018
Niger (country in West Africa) / Niger River, West Africa
Liu Guijin (1945–), Chinese diplomat, ambassador to South Africa 2001–2007
Pretoria, capital of South Africa
African National Congress, ANC
Ceuta, autonomous city of Spain on the northern coast of Africa, bordering Morocco


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