Buy a wall scroll with your favorite Africa-related title in Chinese or Japanese.

阿非利加 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name África.

非洲 is the Chinese name for the continent of Africa.

阿爾及利亞 is the Chinese name for the country of Algeria.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Angola.

This is the Chinese name for Anguilla (overseas territory of the United Kingdom).

This is the Chinese name for the country of Benin.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Botswana.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Burundi.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Cameroon.

This is Central Africa written in Japanese.

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Katakana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is the Chinese name for the country of the Central African Republic.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Chad.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Comoros.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Djibouti.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Egypt.

Note: Egypt rests partially in Asia and Africa.

See Also:  Asia

This is the Chinese name for the country of Ethiopia.

This is the Chinese name for the Falkland Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom).

See Also:  Great Britain | United Kingdom

This is the Chinese name for the country of Gabon.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Gambia.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Ghana.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Guinea.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Kenya.

麒麟 is the title of a mythical beast of Asia.

The animal is thought to be related to the giraffe, and in some ways, it is a giraffe. However, it is often depicted with the horns of a dragon or deer and sometimes with the body like a horse, but many variations exist.

In Japanese, it is pronounced “Kirin” as in “Kirin Ichiban” beer.


Notes:

1. This is sometimes spelled as “kylin.”

2. In Japanese, this is the only Kanji word for giraffe. Therefore in Japan, this word needs context to know whether you are talking about the mythical creature or the long-necked giraffe of Africa.

3. Apparently, this was the first word used for regular giraffes in China (some were brought from Africa to China during the Ming Dynasty - probably around the year 1400). Though the mythical creature may have existed before, the name “qilin” was given to the “new giraffe.” This is because, more than 600 years ago, giraffes somewhat matched the mythical creature's description when Chinese people saw them for the first time. Later, to avoid such an ambiguous title, a three-character word was devised to mean a “giraffe of Africa.” The characters for “qilin” shown here are only for the mythological version in modern Chinese.

4. More information about the qilin / kirin from Wikipedia.

5. This creature is sometimes translated as the “Chinese Unicorn,” although it is generally portrayed with two horns. I think this is done more for the fantasy aspect of the unicorn and because most westerners don't know what a qilin or kirin is (this avoids a long explanation by the translator).

6. In Korean, this can mean kirin or simply giraffe (usually, the mythological creature is what they would think of when seeing these characters alone on a wall scroll).

This is the Chinese name for the country of Lesotho.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Liberia.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Madagascar.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Malawi.

馬里 is the Chinese name for the country of Mali (Republic of Mali).

This is the Chinese name for the country of Mauritania.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Mauritius.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Morocco.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Mozambique.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Namibia.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Niger.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Nigeria.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Rwanda.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Senegal.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Seychelles.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Sierra Leone.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Somalia.

This is the Chinese name for the country of South Africa.

This is South Africa in Japanese.

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Katakana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Sudan.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Swaziland.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Tanzania.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Togo.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Uganda.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Zambia.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Zimbabwe.