Britain possessed a variety of colonies in Africa at different times. Articles in the 1880's onward focused primarily on South Africa/Transvaal; the rest of the continent was rarely visited by Victorian travelers. The Arab countries of the African continent (such as Morocco, Tunis, Algiers, etc.) are covered in other sections.

The Dahomians and Ashantees (Leisure Hour, 1860)

Abyssinian Notes (Leisure Hour, 1868)

Life on Amba Magdala, the State Prison of Abyssinia (Leisure Hour, 1868)

Ismailia, by Sir Samuel Baker (Harper's Monthly, 1875A)

Excerpted from "Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt."

Savage Life in the Wilds of Africa (Little Folks, 1878)

[Mauritius] The Home of Paul and Virginia (Demorest, 1880)

A Victorian reader would be familiar with the popular novel Paul et Virginie, set in Mauritius.

[The Congo] A New Field for Enterprise: An Interview with H.M. Stanley (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)

[Wurnu] A Central Sudan Town, by Joseph Thomson (Harper's Monthly, 1887B)

A Quaker Mission in Madagascar (Quiver, 1889)

Life in Abyssinia (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)

The Malagasy (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)

The Slave Trade in the Congo Basin, by E.J. Glave (Century Magazine, 1890A)

By the Margin of Afric's Foul Waters, by Captain A.W. Drayson (Stories of History, 1891)

On the fauna to be found on an African riverbank and within the river waters.

Fetishism in Congo Land, by E.J. Glave (Century Magazine, 1891A)

An article by one of Stanley's pioneer officers.

Negus Negusti, and the Abyssinians, by Frederic Villiers (Century Magazine, 1892B)

The Story of the Development of Africa, by Henry M. Stanley (Century Magazine, 1896A)

New Conditions in Central Africa, by E.J. Glave (Century Magazine, 1897A)

Subtitled "The dawn of civilization between Lake Tanganyika and the Congo," and written by a member of Stanley's expedition.

Menelik [of Ethiopia] and His People, by Cleveland Moffett (Windsor Magazine, 1899B)

The author goes rather out of his way to convince the reader that Ethiopians are not mere "Negroes."

The Future of Africa, by Ernest R. Williams (Windsor Magazine, 1900B)

"When a Cook's Tour will take you into the heart of a Continent it is time to leave off calling it Dark. A better name would be the Magnetic Continent; for such it is to-day, and such it has been for all time since the history of the human race began."

A Girl's High School in West Africa, by the Right Rev. Bishop Johnson (Girl's Own Paper, 1901)

An Object Lesson at Colwyn Bay (Sunday Strand, 1902)

Missionary work in Africa.

• See also South Africa