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Africanization, as used in this article, refers to the modification of place names or personal names to better reflect an "African" identity. In some cases, changes are not strictly a change of name, but simply a transliteration different from the European name (e.g. Antananarivo). In geography and cartography, a toponym is a place name, a geographical name, a proper name of locality, region, or some other part of Earths surface or its natural or artificial feature. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...


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Other name changes take place when an African person converts to another religion. Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku wa za Banga (or Mobutu Sese Seko Koko Ngbendu Wa Za Banga; October 14, 1930 - September 7, 1997) was the President of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1965 to 1997. ... François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye (June 15, 1918 - April 13, 1975) was the first president of Chad. ... Gnassingbé Eyadéma - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Francisco Macías Nguema (1924 - September 29, 1979; original name Mez-m Ngueme) was the first post-colonial leader of Equatorial Guinea. ... Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (born May 16, 1924) was the first President of The Gambia (1970 - 1994). ... Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Po or Fernando Poo. ... This article deals with the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Kinshasa - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Salisbury Cathedral from the Cathedral Yard High Street Market Great West Front of Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury (pronounced Solsbree or Sauls-bree) is a small cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. ... Harare (formerly Salisbury), estimated population 1,485,615 (1992), is the capital of Zimbabwe. ... Lourenço Marques was a 16th century Portuguese trader. ... Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ... Dahomey was an African kingdom situated in what is now Benin. ... The Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP) was a protectorate established in 1885 by Britain in the area of what is now Botswana. ... Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. ... This article is about the break-away colony of (Southern) Rhodesia , today Zimbabwe. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... For other uses, see Djibouti (disambiguation). ... NDjamena, population 594,000 (1996), is the capital of Chad. ... NDjamena, population 594,000 (1996), is the capital of Chad. ... Antananarivo, population 802,000 (1997), is the capital of Madagascar, in Antananarivo province. ... Antananarivo, population 802,000 (1997), is the capital of Madagascar, in Antananarivo province. ... Bathurst can refer to several cities in English-speaking countries: Bathurst, New Brunswick (Canada) Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia) Bathurst, South Africa, near Grahamstown on the eastern cape. ... Street in Banjul city Banjul is the capital of The Gambia with a population of 34,828 as of 2003. ... The central area of Pretoria. ... The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is (as of 5 December 2000) a metropolitan area mostly in Gauteng province, South Africa, that includes the city of Pretoria. ...


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  • Albert-Bernard Bongo changed to Omar Bongo
  • Jean-Bédel Bokassa changed to Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa

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