World Heritage List
1978
- Island of Gorée (Senegal)
- Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (Ethiopia)
1979
1980
- Aksum (Ethiopia)
- Asante Traditional Buildings (Ghana)
- Lower Valley of the Awash (Ethiopia)
- Lower Valley of the Omo (Ethiopia)
- Tiya (Ethiopia)
1981
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (United Republic of Tanzania)
1985
- Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin)
1986
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument (Zimbabwe)
- Khami Ruins National Monument (Zimbabwe)
1988
- Old Towns of Djenné (Mali)
- Timbuktu (Mali)
1991
- Island of Mozambique (Mozambique)
1999
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (South Africa)
- Robben Island (South Africa)
- Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria)
2000
- Island of Saint-Louis (Senegal)
- Stone Town of Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania)
2001
- Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
- Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (Madagascar)
- Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda)
- Tsodilo (Botswana)
2003
- Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites (Gambia)
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa)
- Matobo Hills (Zimbabwe)
2004
- Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (Benin) *
- Tomb of Askia (Mali)
2005
- Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (Nigeria)
2006
- Aapravasi Ghat (Mauritius)
- Chongoni Rock-Art Area (Malawi)
- Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (Ethiopia)
- Kondoa Rock-Art Sites (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Stone Circles of Senegambia (Gambia) *
2007
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (South Africa)
- Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (Namibia)
2008
- Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius)
- Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Kenya)
2009
- Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (Cabo Verde)
- Ruins of Loropéni (Burkina Faso)
2011
- Fort Jesus, Mombasa (Kenya)
- Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia)
- Saloum Delta (Senegal)
2012
- Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes (Senegal)
- Historic Town of Grand-Bassam (Côte d'Ivoire)
2013
- Historic Centre of Agadez (Niger)
2017
- Asmara: A Modernist African City (Eritrea)
- Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo (Angola)
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape (South Africa)
2018
2019
- Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso)
2021
- Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire (Côte d'Ivoire)
2023
Legend
Category of property
Cultural Natural Mixed
Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural Natural Mixed
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