It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native to either continental Africa or to Madagascar.

In continental Africa, speech may be conveyed by a whistle or other musical instrument, most famously the "talking drums".

Guinea-Bissau is the 8th least extensive country in continental Africa.

The exact origin of this instrument unknown, but it may be from continental Africa.

It comprises about 60 species, of which 49 are confined to continental Africa.

It was now primarily a transit point for ships engaged in the slave trade between the West and continental Africa.

It is also the smallest United Nations member from continental Africa.

Apart from a species in Socotra, they are native to continental Africa.

The genus is endemic to continental Africa, and contains some 28 to 32 species, including:

The plane takes off, but crash-lands in continental Africa.