How To Pronounce Africa

In British English, Africa is pronounced /ˈæf.rɪ.kə/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈæf.rɪ.kə]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈæf.rɪ.kə/.

Africa has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.