BURUNDI

15fr: a native drummer is shown in this festive issue, with Burundi's flad draped over the drum

CAPE VERDE / Cap Vert

10e: this 2003 issue celebrates 75 years of air mail service between Africa, Europe and the Americas, with the 1st Dakar-Praia flight in 1928

CAPE VERDE / Cap Vert

10e: this issue shows two men practicing Taekwondo in the 2004 Olympics

COMOROS / Iles Comores

125fr, 50fr ovpt on 250fr: sports issues are shown here, celebrating the Calgary Olympics and youth sports.

Dem. Rep. CONGO / R.D. Congo

1.25 fr: this colorful large-format stamp was issued just after the country changed its name from Zaire in 1998, and shows a festive street parade

BURKINA FASO

200fr, 690fr: this 2009 issue shows agricultural scenes of local villagers tending fields and planting, a relevant subject for this primarily rural country

ALGERIA / Algerie

8.60: the town of Kerzaz is shown on this 1993 issue, with a backdrop of Saharan sand dunes

BURUNDI

250fr: fungi is the subject of this colorful 1992 issue

GABON

100fr: this 1996 issue shows native Gabonese artists and their paintings

ALGERIA / Algerie

20: the Oran Station is featured on this 2008 issue showing notable sites

KENYA

Sh. 1: the national flag is shown on this 1988 issue celebrating Kenya's 25th anniv. of independence

BOTSWANA

P4.70: a traditional scene of a Legae village is shown on this local issue

GHANA

c300: this lovely booklet stamp issue shows one of the sites of the Ghanaian coast, known for its beauty and tourism potential

CHAD / Tchad

150fr: this 2005 issue shows the fossilized skull of Toumai, an early hominid found in the region and subject of much anthropological interest

DJIBOUTI

70fr: this issue shows traditional alongside the modern Djibouti-Ethiopian railway

ETHIOPIA / Ethiopie

1b: rural trades such as weaving are featured on this issue, called "the Victory of Ethiopia"

CONGO

80fr: this 1991 issue celebrates Amnesty International, showing local designs of human rights activism and a placard that reads "No to human rights violations"

The GAMBIA / Gambie

90b: the West African Dwarf Crocodile is featured on this stamp, and is a denizen of the River Gambia

COMOROS

FC50: this lovely flora issue shows the Ylang-ylang, a fragrant ornamental tree that perfumes tropical gardens

BOTSWANA

80t, P2.10: these stamps are from a WWF issue showing scenes of the Black-footed Cat, a threatened native feline

BURKINA FASO

690fr: this 2008 issue celebrates the 48th independence of the country formerly known as Upper Volta

BURKINA FASO

500fr: Mossi Kiegba dancers are shown in this 2008 issue showing local culture

ALGERIA & BENIN

African traditional objects are shown on these two issues:
20: a brightly woven Algerian cloth design
15fr: this issue shows a traditional carved percussion instrument "tam tam"

ALGERIA / Algerie

38: This stamp was issued in 2010, when OPEC celebrated its 50th anniv. Here, an oil tanker is shown leaving port.

BURKINA FASO

185fr: traditional hair styles are a favorite African stamp theme; this one shows a Peul woman

BURKINA FASO

590fr: this 2000 issue shows a group of Djoro dancers performing, from the region of Dimolo