Across
- 3. Most popular sport in almost all African countries
- 8. Narrow, inland sea, separating the Arabian peninsula, western Asia, from north-eastern Africa
- 10. Known as the “Kingdom In The Sky” due to it’s high altitude, it is one of only three countries worldwide entirely enclosed by another country
- 13. Various species of this rodent, a common household pet, are native to northern Africa
- 14. South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant
- 16. Home to one of the world’s oldest universities, established in 982 CE
- 19. Africa is the world's second ___ continent after Australia
- 20. The only African civilization confirmed to have experienced the Bronze Age
- 22. Meaning “Mother of Mankind”, it’s believed to be the Indigenous name for the continent before Europeans adopted the name ‘Africa’
- 23. 18th most-traded currency globally
- 27. This country declared independence in 1960, but it only lasted until 1963
- 29. In 2021, Billboard stated that he "is the first African artist to truly make a major pop breakthrough in the United States and seems best poised to do so globally, too"
- 31. Madagascar's largest native mammalian carnivore and apex predator
- 32. Addis Ababa is the capital of this country that used to be called Abyssinia
- 33. Dormant volcano in Tanzania which is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world
- 36. The Library of ___ was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world
- 37. Formally renowned as a max-security prison to hold anti-apartheid leaders, this location is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- 39. World’s only truly scaly mammal; four of the eight species are found in Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa
Down
- 1. One of twelve African countries which does NOT utilize the color red in their official flag
- 2. Africa has overtaken Europe in the number of ___ speakers, accounting for 47% of the language’s speakers across the world
- 4. The fictional country of Wakanda is depicted sharing a border with ___, Kenya, South Sudan, and Ethiopia
- 5. Over ___% of the world’s languages are spoken only in Africa
- 6. Africa's largest rainforest, spanning across six countries
- 7. Island nation the now extinct dodo bird was native to
- 9. Africa's richest country
- 11. It extends from Djibouti in the north to Tanzania in the south
- 12. Total number of countries in Africa
- 15. Africa has ___ of the eleven biomes recognized around the world
- 17. The Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill, famously from "The Lion King" is nicknamed this
- 18. Number of African countries which are landlocked [meaning they do not have direct access to the coast]
- 21. Nigeria's film industry, which is the continent's second-largest employer
- 24. Will release ethylene gas when being eaten to alert nearby flora
- 25. South Africa's largest desert
- 26. Africa has over 25% of the world’s ___ species
- 28. Tea served with most (if not every) meal in Morocco as part of the country’s culture of hospitality and community
- 30. The only continent bigger than Africa
- 34. Meaning “Black Land” for the fertile soil along the Nile, this was the indigenous name for Egypt
- 35. Warrior queen referred as "the greatest military strategist that ever confronted the armed forces of Portugal"; she kept that European power from successfully colonizing Angola for over 40 years
- 38. One of seven European powers which primarily colonized Africa during the “Scramble for Africa” [~1884-1914] and held the Democratic Republic of Congo