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This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in Africa.

A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit). Some are large, with thousands of members divided into hundreds of subordinate lodges, while others are tiny, with only a few members split between a handful of local lodges. Sometimes there will only be one Grand Lodge in a given area, but the majority of the time there will be at least two. More often, there will be several competing Grand Lodges claiming the same jurisdictional area, or claiming overlapping areas. This fact leads to debates over legitimacy: Not all Grand Lodges and Grand Orients recognize each other as being legitimate. However, such recognition is not relevant to this list, yet recognition is foundational within the fraternal order. Inclusion in this list only requires the establishment of a physical (as opposed to a virtual, or online) presence, and lodges (regular, unrecognized or clandestine) which acknowledge their governance.

Membership numbers are subject to change; for current figures, check the sources which are indicated in the reference section.

Africa[edit]

Jurisdictional area Name Founded Lodges Members Notes
Benin Grand Bénin de la République du Bénin [GBRB] (Great Benin of the Republic of Benin)[1][2] 1967[3] CLIPSAS
Grande Loge du Bénin (Grand Lodge of Bénin)[4][5] 1995[6][7] 17[6] 450[6][8]
Burkina Faso Grande Loge du Burkina Faso (Grand Lodge of Burkina Faso)[4][7][9] 1997 10 375[8]
Cameroon Grande Loge Nationale du Cameroun (National Grand Lodge of Cameroon)[4][7][10] 2001 4 222[8]
Grande Loge Féminine de France[11][12] 1 GLFF
Grand Loge Unie du Cameroun (United Grand Lodge of Cameroon)[1][13] Formerly Grand Orient et Loge Unie du Cameroon, an alliance of former Grand Orient and Grande Loge de France lodges. CLIPSAS
Congo, Democratic Republic of Grande Loge Nationale du Congo du Rite Ancien et Primitif Memphis-Misraim[14][15] 1986[14] 3[14]
Grande Loge de France, District Congo (Grand Lodge of France, Congo District)[16][17] 4 REHFRAM
Grand Orient du Congo (Grand Orient of the Congo)[1][18] 1973[14] 3[14] CLIPSAS
Congo, Republic of Grande Loge du Congo[4][19]
Grands Orient & Loge Associés du Congo (Associated Grand Orient and Lodge of the Congo)[1][20] CLIPSAS
Gabon Grande Loge du Gabon (Grand Lodge of Gabon)[4][21] 1983 14 [8]
Grande Loge Symbolique du Gabon (Symbolic Grand Lodge of Gabon)[22][23] 1975 14
Grande Loge Féminine de France[11][12] GLFF
Ghana District Grand Lodge of Ghana, English Constitution[24] 1810 57
Grand Lodge of Ghana[25] 2009 49
Guinea Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de la Guinée Conackry[26][27] DH Fédération Ouest Africaine
Ivory Coast Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire (Grand Lodge of the Ivory Coast)[4][7][28] 1989 27 1,000 [8]
Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de la Côte d'Ivoire[26][27] DH Fédération Ouest Africaine
Liberia Grand Lodge of the Republic of Liberia[4][29] 1867
Madagascar Grande Loge Traditionnelle et Symbolique de Madagascar [GLTSM][30] 1997
Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Madagascar (Le Droit Humain, Madagascar Jurisdiction)[31][32] 6[32] DH
Grande Loge Nationale de Madagascar (National Grand Lodge of Madagascar)[4][33] 1996 9 232 [8]
Grand Rite Malgache[1][34] CLIPSAS
Mali Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Mali (Le Droit Humain, Mali Jurisdiction)[26][27][35] 1 DH Fédération Ouest Africaine
Grande Loge Nationale Malienne (National Grand Lodge of Mali)[4][36]
Mauritius Grand Lodge of Mauritius[4][37] 2005 15 389 [8]
Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de la Ile Maurice (Le Droit Humain, Mauritius Jurisdiction)[31][38] 1 DH
Morocco Grande Loge du Maroc[1][39] 1964 CLIPSAS CPMAM, UMM
Grande Loge unie du Maroc (United Grand Lodge of Morocco)[40][41] 2005 5 80 GLUDE[40]
Grande Loge Féminine du Maroc (Women's Grand Lodge of Morocco)[39][42] 2008 3
Grande Loge Régulière du Royaume du Maroc [GLRRM] (Regular Grand Lodge of the Kingdom of Morocco)[4][43] 2000 7 [8]
Nigeria District Grand Lodge of Nigeria (UGLE)[44][45] 1806 35
Grand Lodge of Nigeria[4][46] 2012
Senegal Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Sénégal[26][27] DH Fédération Ouest Africaine
Grand Lodge of Senegal[4][47] 1993 12 [8]
Grande Loge Féminine de France[11][12] GLFF
South Africa Grand Lodge of South Africa[4][48] 1961 64[7][49] 3300[8][50]
South African Federation, The International Order of Co-Freemasonry, Le Droit Humain [31][51] 1912 4 DH
Togo Grande Loge Nationale Togolaise (National Grand Lodge of Togo)[4][52] 1992 48 1,500 [8]
Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Togo (Le Droit Humain, Togo Jurisdiction)[26][27] DH Fédération Ouest Africaine
Jurisdictional area Name Founded Lodges Members Notes

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