| Abomey | AH-bo-may |
| abusua kuruwa | AH-boo-soo-wah KOO-roo-wah |
| adinkra | aw-DIN-kra |
| agare Ifa | ah-ger-ay EE-fa |
| agbada | ahg-bah-dah |
| akam | ah-kam |
| Akan | AH-kahn |
| Akua ba | AH-kooah bah |
| Akuapem | uh-KOOA-pem |
| Akye | AH-kyeah |
| al-B’rak | AL-brahk |
| Algeria | al-JEER-ee-uh |
| amasumpa | ama-SOOM-pah |
| Angola | an-GOAL-uh |
| Anozie | ah-NO-zee-ay |
| Anyi | AH-nyee |
| Aowin | AY-o-win |
| apartheid | apart-hate |
| ara orun | ara OR-uhn |
| asafo | a-SAH-fo |
| Asante | ah-SAHN-tee |
| ashe | ah-SHAY |
| ashetu | ah-SHAY-too |
| babalawo | bah-bah-LAW |
| Babanki | buh-BAHN-kee |
| Baga | BAH-guh |
| balamwezi | bahl-ahm-WAY-zee |
| Bali | BAH-lee |
| Bamana | BAH-muh-nuh |
| Bamileke | bah-mi-LAY-kay |
| Bamum | BAH-moom |
| Bangubangu | BAH-ngoo-bah-ngoo |
| Bankoni | bahn-KO-nee |
| Baule | BOW-lay |
| Behanzin | bay-HAN-zin |
| Bembe | BEM-bay |
| Beneki | BAY-nee-kee |
| Bengwa | BEH-N guh-wah |
| Benin | buh-NIN |
| Benue | BAY-nyu-ay |
| Berber | BURR-burr |
| bidimbu | bee-DEEM-boo |
| Bidyogo | bid-YO-go |
| bilongo | bee-LAWN-go |
| Bissagos | BEE-sah-gos |
| blolo bian | blo-lo BEE-an |
| Bobo | BO-bo |
| bocio | BO-chee-o |
| bogolanfini | bo-go-lawn-FEE-nee |
| Bokonan | BO-ko-nahn |
| boli | BO-lee |
| Botswana | BAHTS-wah-nuh |
| Bougouni | BOO-goo-nee |
| buor | BOO-or |
| Burkina Faso | BURR-kee-nuh FAH so |
| Burundi | bur-UN-dee |
| Bushoong | BOO-shong |
| Bwa | BWAH |
| bwami | BWAH-mee |
| bwete | BWAY-tay |
| bwoom | em-BWOOM |
| Cabalistic | KAW-baw-listik |
| Cameroon | KAH-mer-oon |
| Chad | CHAD |
| Chibinda Ilunga | CHEE-bindah EE-luhn-gah |
| Chiwara | CHEE-wah-rah |
| Chokwe | CHOK-way |
| Congo | KAHNG-go |
| Côte d’ Ivoire | KOT duhv-WAUHR |
| Dakar | DAH-car |
| dama | DAH-mah |
| Dan | DAN (like the man’s name) |
| Diomande | dee-o MAH-N day |
| Djenné | je-nAY |
| Djibouti | juh-BOO-TEA |
| Dogon | DO-gahn |
| domba | DOME-bah |
| Dwo | dwo |
| edan | AY-dahn |
| Edo | E-dough |
| egungun | AY-guhn-guhn |
| Egypt | EE-jipt |
| Eket | E-ket |
| ekpu | EK-poo |
| elek | EL-ek |
| emoba | EE-moba |
| Equitorial Guinea | e-kwuh-TOR-ee-ahl GIN-ay |
| ere Ibeji | AIR-ray ee-be-jee |
| Eritrea | er-ri-TREE-uh |
| Eshu-Elegbara | AY-shoo e-leg-bah-rah |
| Esie | E-see-ay |
| Esigie | ay-SEE-gee-ay |
| Ethiopia | eeth-ee-O-pee-uh |
| Eweka | ee-WAY-kah |
| eyima bieri | ay-EE-ma bee-AIR-ee |
| Eze Nri | e-zay-NREE |
| Ezomo | EE-zo-mo |
| Fang | FAHNG (rhymes with gong) |
| Fante | FAHN-tay |
| Faro | FAH-row |
| fiimbu | FIM-boo |
| flanitokele | FLAH-ni-to-kelay |
| Fon | fõ (where the õ is nasalized) |
| Frafra | FRAH frah |
| Fu-Kiau | FOO-kyow |
| Fulani | FOO-lahn-ee |
| Gabon | gah-BON |
| Gambia | GAHM-bee-uh |
| geerewohl | GAIR-wall |
| gelede | GE-luh-day |
| Ghana | GAH nuh |
| ginna | JIN-ah |
| Guinea-Bissau | GIN-ee BEE-sow (rhymes with plow) |
| Guinea-Conakry | GIN-ee KO-nah-kree |
| gyonfo | GYAHN-fo |
| hakata | hah-KAH-tah |
| Hausa | HOW-suh |
| Hemba | HEM-buh |
| hemba nkisi | HEM-buh EN-kee-see |
| Holoholo | HO-low Ho-low |
| hoxovi | HOSH-o-vee |
| Ibibio | i-BI-bee-o |
| ichi | EE-chee |
| Idah | EE-dah |
| Idia | i-DEE-ah |
| Idoma | ee-DOUGH-mah |
| Ifa | EE-fuh |
| Igbira | IG-beer-uh |
| Igbo | EE-bo |
| Igbo Ukwu | EE-bo OOK-woo |
| Igueghae | EE-goo-eg-eye |
| ijeli | ee-JELLY |
| Ijo | EE-jaw |
| Ile-Ife | EE-lay EE-fay |
| imori | ee-MORE-ee |
| iran | EE-rahn |
| iroke Ifa | ee-roh-kay EE-fa |
| Ita Yemoo | EE-tah ye-MO |
| ivri | EE-vree |
| jihad | JEE-hahd |
| Jos | JAWS ("s" not "z") |
| jow | JOW, not "joe" |
| kabeja | kah-BAY-jah |
| Kabre | KAH-bray |
| kakungu | kah-KOONG-goo |
| kalunga | kah-LOON-ga |
| Karagwe | kuh-RAH-gway |
| Kasai | KA-sigh |
| kashekesheke | ka-SHAY-kay-shay-kay |
| Kassena | kah-SEEN-uh |
| Katana | kah-TAH-nuh |
| kente | KEN-tay |
| Kenya | KEN-yuh |
| khomba | COMB-bah |
| kindi | KIN-dee |
| kitenta | kee-TENT-ah |
| Kom | KOM |
| komien | KO-mee-en |
| komo | KO-mo |
| Konate | KO-nah-tay |
| Kongo | KAHNG-go |
| kopa | KO-pah |
| kore | KOR-ay |
| Kota | KO-tuh |
| kpeli-yehe | kuh-PEL-ee-yeah |
| kponyungo | kay-pon-ee-YUNG-go |
| Kuba | KOO-buh |
| Kusu | KOO-su |
| Kwahu | kuh-WAH-hu |
| Kwango | KWANG-go |
| Kwere | kuh-WHERE-ay |
| Lafogido | la-FO-gee-do |
| Laka | LAH-kah |
| laket | LAH-ket |
| Lega | LAY-guh |
| Legba | LEG-ba |
| Liberia | lie-BEER-ee-uh |
| Libya | LIB-ee-uh |
| Lobi | LO-bee |
| Luba | LOO-buh |
| Luchazi | loo-SHAH-zee |
| lukasa | LOO-kah-sah |
| Luluwa | LOO-loo-wah |
| Lunda | LOON-dah |
| lurex | LURE-ex |
| Luvale | loo-VAHL-ay |
| Lwalwa | WAWL-wah |
| Lweji | el-WAY-jee |
| Maasai | MAH-sigh |
| mabinda | mah-BIN-dah |
| Madagascar | MAD-uh-gas-car |
| Makonde | muh-KON-day |
| Malawi | MUH-law-wee |
| Mali | MAH-lee |
| Mambila | MAHM-bee-luh |
| Mami Wata | MAH-mee WAH-tah |
| mangam | MAHN-gam |
| Mangbetu | MAHNG-beh-too |
| Manja | MAHN-jah |
| manyata | MAHN-yah-tah |
| matoon | mah-TOON |
| Mauritania | MORE-uh-tay-nee-uh |
| mbari | im-BAR-ee |
| mboko | im-BO-ko |
| Mbole | im-BO-lay |
| mbudye | im-BUHD-ee-yay |
| mbulu | im-BOO-loo |
| mbuya | im-BOO-yah |
| mbwoolo | im-BWOO-lo |
| Mende | MEN-day |
| mipasi | mee-PAH-see |
| Mitsogo | MEET-so-go |
| mma | MAH |
| mmasso | MAH-so |
| Mogho-Naba | MO-go NAH-bah |
| moran | MOW-rahn |
| Morocco | more-AH-ko |
| moshambwooy | MAH-shahm-boy |
| mosque | MAHSK |
| Mossi | MO-see |
| Mouride | MORE-eyed |
| Mozambique | mo-ZAM-beek |
| mpemba | im-PEM-bah |
| mpu | im-POO |
| muezzin | myu-E-zin |
| Mukanda | moo-KAHN-dah |
| mulalambo | moo-lah-LAHM-bo |
| Mumuye | moo-MOO-yeah |
| Nabo | NAH-bo |
| Nakomse | na-COMB-say |
| Namibia | NAH-mi-bee-uh |
| ndop | in-DAHP (rhymes with mop) |
| ngady a mwash | in-GAH-dee ahm-wahsh |
| Ngakola | in-GAH-ko-lah |
| nganga | in-GAHN-gah |
| nganji | in-GAHN-jee |
| Ngbaka | in-BWAH-kuh |
| ngoma | in-GO-mah |
| ngomo | in-GO-mo |
| ngontang | in-GON-tang |
| Niamey | NEE-ah-may |
| Niger | nee-ZHAIR |
| Nigeria | nigh-JEER-ee-uh |
| nimba | NIM-bah |
| nkanda | in-KAHN-dah |
| Nkanu | in-KAH-noo |
| nkishi | in-KEE-shee |
| nkisi | in-KEE-see |
| Nok | KNOCK |
| nommo | NO-mo |
| nomoli | NO-mo-lee |
| ntomo | in-DOUGH-mo |
| Nuna | NOO-nuh |
| Nupe | NOO-pay |
| nuum | NOOM |
| nyama | NYAH-mah |
| Nyonyose | nyo-NYO-see |
| Oba | O-buh |
| Obalara | o-bah-LAH-rah |
| Obalufon | o-bah-LOO-fahn |
| odu | o-DOO |
| Oduduwa | o-DOO-doo-wah |
| ogbodo enyi | OG-bo-do EN-yee |
| Ogun | o-GUHN |
| ojuba | o-JOO-bah |
| Okene | o-KEN-ay |
| Olodumare | o-lo-doo-MAH-ray |
| Olokun | O-lo-koon |
| Oni | O-nee |
| opo | O-po |
| opon Ifa | o-pon EE-fa |
| orisa | o-REE-shah |
| orisha | O-ree-shah |
| Oron | OR-on |
| oshe | O-shay |
| Ouagadougou | wah-gah-DOO-goo |
| Ouidah | WEE-dah |
| Ouri | OO-ree |
| Owo | O-wo |
| Oyo | O-yo |
| Oyo | oy-YO (oy as in boy) |
| Ozo | O-zo |
| peebo | PEE-bo |
| Pelete bite | PE-le-tay BEE-tay |
| Pende | PEN-day |
| phemba | FEM-bah |
| Pokot | PO-kaht |
| poro | POUR-o |
| Punu | POO-noo |
| raffia | RAH-fee-yah |
| Ramadan | RAH-mah-dahn |
| repousse | RAY-poo-say |
| Rwanda | ruh-WAN-duh |
| Sahel | sah-hel |
| San | SAHN |
| sande | SAHN-day |
| sandogo | SAHN-dough-go |
| Sapi | SAH-pee |
| Savimbi | sah-VIM-bee |
| Senegal | SEN-e-gahl (‘e’ as in met) |
| Senufo | suh-NOO-fo |
| Setu | SAY-too |
| Shambaa | shahm-BAH |
| Shango | shawn-GO |
| Sherbro | SHER-bro |
| Shona | SHOW-nuh |
| Shyaam a-Nbul a-Ngwong | SHAHM ahn-BOOL in-GWONG |
| Sierra Leone | see-AIR-uh lee-OWN |
| sigi | SEE-gee |
| Sikire Kambire | SEE-kee-ray KAHM-bee-ray |
| singiti | sin-GI-tee |
| sinzin | SIN-zin |
| skeuomorph | SKYU-o-morf |
| Somalia | so-MAH-lee-uh |
| Songo | SAWN-go |
| Songye | SAWN-gay |
| sorghum | SORE-gum |
| Sudan | sue-DAN |
| Suku | SOO-koo |
| Swahili | SWAH-hee-lee |
| Tabwa | TAHB-wah |
| Tada | TAH-dah |
| tadep | TAH-dep |
| Tanzania | TAN-zuh-nee-uh |
| Tengabisi | ten-gah-BEE-see |
| thil | TEAL |
| Togo | TOE-go |
| tshibola | CHEE-bo-lah |
| Tshibumba | chi-BOOM-bah |
| tshikanda | SHEE-kahn-dah |
| Tuareg | TOO-ah-reg |
| tukula | TOO-koo-lah |
| tumuli | TOO-myu-lye |
| tunguli | TOON-gah-lee |
| Tunisia | too-NEE-zhyah |
| tuyere | TWEE-yair |
| Uganda | yoo-GAHN-duh |
| ugbom | OOG-bomb |
| Urhobo | your-O-bo |
| utenu | OO-tay-noo |
| veve | ve-vay |
| waka snan | wah-kah SNAHN |
| wakede | wah-KAY-day |
| We | WAY |
| Winiama | win-nee-YAH-muh |
| Wodaabe | wo-DAH-bay |
| Wolof | WHOA-loff |
| Wonyinghibou | wahn-YING-hee-boo |
| Woyo | WOY-o (rhymes with boy-o) |
| Wum | WUHM |
| wunkirmian | wuhn-KEER-mee-ahn |
| Wunmonije | wuhn-mo-NEE-jay |
| Yaka | YAH-kuh |
| Yombe | YOM-bay |
| yonanio | yo-NAH-nee-o |
| Yoruba | YOUR-oo-buh |
| Zaire | ZAI-eer |
| Zambia | ZAM-bee-uh |
| Zaramo | zuh-RAH-mo |
| Zimbabwe | zim-BAHB-way |
| Zulu | ZOO-loo |