French in Africa is present and spoken by many people. A great number of states in the continent of Africa speak the French language with local specificities. French arrived in Africa with colonization from France and Belgium. Africans are now an important part of the world Francophonie.

African states where French is spoken

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Niger
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Togo
• Tunisia

See also

• Maghreb
• North Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Colonization of Africa
• French language

Dialects of the French language
France French (Parisian, Marseillais, Lyonnais) – Canadian French (Acadian, Quebec) – African French (Maghreb) Belgian French • Cajun French • Cambodian French • Swiss French • Vietnamese French