Detta är en lista över världsarv i Afrika.

  • Royal Palaces of Abomey (1985)
  • Tsodilo (2001)
  • Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1988)
  • Virunga National Park (1979)
  • Garamba National Park (1980)
  • Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1980)
  • Salonga National Park (1984)
  • Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1996)
  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981, 1982) *
  • Taï National Park (1982)
  • Comoé National Park (1983)
  • Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (1978)
  • Simien National Park (1978)
  • Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (1979)
  • Aksum (1980)
  • Lower Valley of the Awash (1980)
  • Lower Valley of the Omo (1980)
  • Tiya (1980)
  • James Island and Related Sites (2003)
  • Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (1979)
  • Asante Traditional Buildings (1980)
  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981, 1982) *
  • Dja Faunal Reserve (1987)
  • Lake Turkana National Parks (1997, 2001)
  • Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (1997)
  • Lamu Old Town (2001)
  • Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (1990)
  • Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (2001)
  • Lake Malawi National Park (1984)
  • Old Towns of Djenné (1988)
  • Timbuktu (1988)
  • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (1989)
  • Tomb of Askia (2004)
  • Island of Mozambique (1991)
  • Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (1991)
  • W National Park of Niger (1996)
  • Sukur Cultural Landscape (1999)
  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (2005)
  • Island of Gorée (1978)
  • Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (1981)
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park (1981)
  • Island of Saint-Louis (2000)
  • Aldabra Atoll (1982)
  • Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (1983)
  • Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999, 2005)
  • Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (1999)
  • Robben Island (1999)
  • uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000)
  • Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
  • Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)
  • Vredefort Dome (2005)
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area (1979)
  • Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (1981)
  • Serengeti National Park (1981)
  • Selous Game Reserve (1982)
  • Kilimanjaro National Park (1987)
  • Stone Town of Zanzibar (2000)
  • Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (2004)
  • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (1994)
  • Rwenzori Mountains National Park (1994)
  • Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2001)
  • Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989) *
  • Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (1984)
  • Great Zimbabwe National Monument (1986)
  • Khami Ruins National Monument (1986)
  • Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989) *
  • Matobo Hills (2003)