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Africa is a continent.

Magical Creatures and Plants

  • Abyssinia is a historical name for Ethiopia, and the home of the Abyssinian Shrivelfig
  • The Tebo is native to Congo.
  • Mauritius is a small island to the east of Madagascar, famous to muggles and wizards for being the home of the Diricrawl, or Dodo, as muggles call it.
  • The Erumpent, Nundu, Fwooper and Streeler are all native to Africa

Magical Games and Sports

  • Ethiopia is a Quidditch proud nation thanks to it's team in gimbi, the Gimbi Giant-Slayers, a Quidditch team that has won the All-Africa Cup twice.
  • It has been known for Quidditch Referees to turn up in the Sahara Desert. (This is because Quidditch players turned their brooms into portkeys.)
  • Sumbawanga is a city in Tanzania, and is the home of the Sumbawanga Sunrays, a popular Quidditch team known for it's famous formation looping.
  • Tchamba is a small city in center of Togo, home to the Tchamba Charmers, the "masters of the reverse pass."
  • Uganda is the premier Quidditch Playing nation in Africa, and its prominent team, the Proudsticks competed in the recent Quidditch World Cup.

Curiosities

  • Burkina Faso is a tiny country in western Africa. It has its own Ministry of Magic, and the Runespoor is native to this country. Gilderoy Lockhart supposedly stopped a series of attacks in its capitol Ouagadougou.
  • Egypt is the earliest place where magic is recorded. It was integrated into society and wizards were held in esteem. Egyptian Wizards put curses on Tombs, which curse breakers for Gringotts tried to break. Ron Weasley's brother, Bill worked there as a Curse Breaker for Gringotts Bank before taking a desk job in London. The Weasley family visited him while he was there, and toured the Pyramids. Phoenixes and the Sphinx are native to Egypt. That is also where Scabbers was photographed for a newspaper on that same tour, leading to Sirius Black's escape, and upon learning of that he begins to look ill.
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