Alternative History:Alternate Names/Africa

Benin

 * Dahomey, until 1975

Botswana

 * Bechuanaland, until 1966
 * Matabele, Ndabele, 19th-century kingdom in the region

Burkina Faso

 * Upper Volta, until 1984

Central African Republic

 * Ubangi-Shari or Oubangui-Chari (French), until 1958 (under the French)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

 * Zaire, in 1971-1997
 * Congo-Kinshasa
 * Belgian Congo, until 1960
 * Congo-Léopoldville, until 1966

Congo, Republic of the

 * French Congo, Middle Congo, until 1960
 * Congo-Brazzaville

Côte d'Ivoire

 * Ivory Coast, until 1985

Djibouti

 * French Somaliland
 * Afars and Issas, in 1967-1977

Egypt

 * Misr (Arabic), Masr (Egyptian Arabic)
 * Kemet, Ancient Egyptian name.

Ethiopia

 * Abyssinia name for the Ethiopian Empire which in OTL existed between 1270-1975.

Ghana

 * Ashanti - kingdom occupying approximately same area as Ghana.
 * Gold Coast former European name for Ghana, until 1975.

Guinea Bissau

 * Portuguese Guinea, until 1974

Kenya

 * British East Africa, East Africa Protectorate, in 1895–1920.

Lesotho

 * Basutoland

Malawi

 * Nyasaland, until 1964

Mali

 * French Sudan, until 1960

Namibia

 * South-West Africa, in 1915–1990
 * Deutsch-Südwestafrika, in 1884–1915

South Africa

 * Suid-Afrika (in Afrikaans), Zuid-Afrika (in Dutch).
 * Azania, term used in place of "South Africa" by some opponents of the white-minority rule.
 * The Boer Republics: Transvaal, Orange Free State or Oranje Vrystaat, Stellaland, Utrecht, Waterboer's Land, Philippolis or Adam Kok's Land, Goshen, Griqualand, Natalia, the states created by the Boers and Griquas.

Tanzania

 * Tanganyika and Zanzibar, two lands, whose unification created Tanzania.
 * Deutsch-Ostafrika, name of German Tanganyika, until 1918.

Western Sahara

 * Spanish Sahara

Zambia

 * Northern Rhodesia, until 1964

Zimbabwe

 * Southern Rhodesia, until independence in 1965.
 * Rhodesia, name used during white-minority rule in 1965-1979.