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This list of castles in Africa includes
castles,
forts, and mock castles in
Africa.
The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, South Africa built in the 1660s
Angola
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
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Cape Coast Castle,
Cape Coast (1688–1782, April 1659 – May 1659)
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Elmina Castle,
Elmina (1482)
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English Fort (
Fort Vrendenburg),
Komenda (1785–1871)
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Fort Amsterdam,
Abandze,
Cormantin (1665–1721, 1785–1867)
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Fort Apollonia,
Beyin (16??–16??, 1868–1871)
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Fort Batenstein,
Butri (1656–1665, 1666–1871)
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Fort Crêvecoeur,
Accra (1649–1782, 1785–1867/8)
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Fort Dorothea,
Akwida (1687–1698, 1711–1712, 1732–1804)
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Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop),
Senya Beraku (1667/1705–1782, 1785–1868)
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Fort Hollandia (1725–1815, previously
Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former
Brandenburger Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
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Fort Metal Cross (Metaal Kruis),
Dixcove (1868–1871)
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Fort Nassau, present
Moree (1598/1611–1664, 1665–1782, 1785–1867)
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Fort Oranje,
Sekondi (1640–1871)
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Fort Patience (Fort Leydsaemhyt),
Apam (1697–1782, 1785–1868)
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Fort Prinzenstein,
Keta
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Fort Saint Antony,
Axim (February 1642 – 1664, 1665–1671)
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Fort San Sebastian,
Shema (1637–1664, 1664–1871)
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Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg),
Elmina
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Osu Castle (
Fort Christiansborg),
Osu,
Accra
Kenya
Libya
Madagascar
Mozambique
Namibia
Duwisib Castle built in 1909 to serve as residence for General Hans Heinrich Von Wolf.
Schwerinsburg Castle in the 1900s. It is currently home to the Italian Ambassador
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
The Citadel of Gondershe, Somalia was an important city in the Medieval Ajuran Empire
South Africa
The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, built in the 1660s.
Fort Klapperkop built in the 1890s.
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Amsterdam Battery,
Western Cape (1780s)
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Castle Kyalami,
Gauteng (1990s)
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Castle of Good Hope,
Cape Town (1666)
- Castle on the Cliff,
Western Cape (1960s)
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Fort Chavonnes,
Western Cape (1714–1725)
- Craighross Castle,
Noetzie, Western Cape
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Coornhoop,
Western Cape (1657)
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Fort Beaufort,
Eastern Cape (1822–1837)
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Fort Daspoortrand,
Gauteng(1896–1898)
- Fort Durnford,
Estcourt,
KwaZulu-Natal (1847)
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Fort Hare,
Alice, Eastern Cape (19th century)
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Fort Klapperkop,
Pretoria,
Gauteng (1890s)
- Fort Mistake,
Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
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Fort Nongqayi, KwaZulu-Natal (1883)
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Fort Schanskop,
Gauteng (1890s)
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Fort Wonderboompoort,
Gauteng (1897)
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Greylingstad,
Mpumalanga (c. 1900)
- King's Blockhouse,
Western Cape (1795)
- Knoetzie Castles, Western Cape (1930s)
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- Lindsay Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape
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Lichtenstein Castle, Western Cape (1980s)
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Voortrekker Fort, Mpumalanga (1847)
Sudan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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