Libreville
This is a popular place with a garden, a bar and a huge sports screen. There are bar snacks to soak up the beer (for example sausages at CFA2000) and a…
Must-see nightlife in West Africa
Gabon
This is a large place with a bar, dance floor and various lounges. It's all very exclusive and drinks are expensive. It holds parties for special…
Conakry
Perched on stilts out in the water, this cute thatch-and-wood bar covered in fish skeleton decorations is a great place for a sunset drink. Whether the…
Rio Muni
Operating from a tiny shack with three or four tables set on a driveway, this informal bar is next to the Spanish Cultural Centre. It makes a great place…
Dakar
At this old-style, beer-scented pub, the pints spill over and the guests are red-faced. (Women will feel safer if they've come with a few friends.) Live…
Rio Muni
This open-air bar on the beachfront has booths as well as tables and chairs on the grass. It's a great place for a sunset beer, though the beach could do…
Senegal
Smart and glittering, La Chaumière is the best and closest nightclub (and occasional live-music venue) to the town centre. Pick the right night: it's…
Guinea
The town's most popular nightspot is the club within the Hôtel Salaa complex. There's occasional live music as well. Admission fees depend on what's going…
Libreville
One of several nightclubs on Montée Louis, this black and purple building stands out. Inside are billiard tables and shisha as well as a bar and a dance…
Nigeria
Grassy area with a stage for nighttime concerts (free) and thatched cabanas where you can buy beers, smoothies and street food, including fiery baked fish.
Conakry
Brash club filled with teen and twenty-something lip-gloss-sporting girls in tiny skirts and posing guys. There's also a lounge bar in the same complex.
Mindelo
Just around the corner from Praça Amilcar Cabral, under Porto Grande Hotel, Syrius is the city's perennially fashionable but often empty disco.
São Tomé
This cute chill-out bar occupies an old warehouse on the seafront and is a great place to hang out after a weekend meal. English spoken.
Conakry
A chilled-out place from which to watch the sun sink into a murky Atlantic horizon as you nurse a sundowner drink or two.
Togo
With its massive BBQ and candle-lit tables, this joint doubles as a beer hang-out and a great spot to grab a bite.
Togo
This cheerful, easy-going bar is a fun place for a drink. It also shows regular football games and serves food.
Boa Vista
Good spot for a coffee, drink, or snacks with fine people-watching right on Sal Rei's main plaza.
Senegal
A friendly watering hole with decent food on hand (such as omelette sandwiches) and a back patio.
Rio Muni
This rowdy place gets going from 10pm on weekends. The beers are cheap and the music loud.
Burkina Faso
The outdoor terrace bar is open every night and is a relaxed place for a beer, but what really draws the crowds to this place is the indoor (air-con)…
Burkina Faso
Come and shake your stuff to coupé-décalé (Ivoirian beats) and other Afro-beats at the funky Provencale. The Sunday matinée is particularly popular.
Abidjan
Expats and travellers congregate here on weekends: a drinking lounge with walls the colour of Ivoirian soil. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed.
Lomé
This trendy nightclub is a favourite haunt of rich young Togolese, with music ranging from electronic to hip hop.
Abidjan
A fancy club that attracts wealthy Ivoirians and well-off expats, and anyone who's anyone in Abidjan.
Liberia
This nightclub bops into the wee hours with a mix of rock, pop, trance. It also serves mediocre food.
Liberia
For beachside drinks (you can sip with your toes in the sand), Oceanview can't be beaten.
Abidjan
Popular with well-heeled Ivoirians. You can sometimes dance to Afro-Cuban rhythms.
Mali
Bamako is a city that comes into its own after dark, and on weekends it's a party town. Clubs don't get going before midnight and close around 06:00…
Mali
This is Mali's most sophisticated bar, and though regulars lament that it has lost something since being glassed in and blasted with air-con, it's still…
Niger
If you can get over the number of prostitutes and the glowing Christmas tree light-interior, this club (next to 2005) can be quite fun. There's a pool…
Niger
For a more African experience, head to this bar perched on the river behind the Piscine Olympique D'Etat (Olympic swimming pool).
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