West Africa

The area of West Africa stretches from approximately Sierra Leone in the west to Cameroon in the east along the part of the continent known as the Bulge of Africa. It includes the largely anglophone countries of Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria.

East Africa

East Africa is a loose geographical term which encompasses Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, three countries in which English is widely used. Swahili, a Bantu language with much Arabic vocabulary, is also used as a lingua franca in this region. Note that English is also spoken in countries further south, reaching down to South Africa, i.e. Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.