The Africa Games are held every four years, with the most recent being held in Maputo, Mozambique in September 2011.

The competing countries at previous Games have included Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros & Mayotte, Congo, Congo (Zaire), Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawai, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spanish North Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Aussie Rules Football made its debut at the 2011 Africa Games in Mozambique. The two competing teams were Mozambique and an Aboriginal team from Australia.

Many of the players were young Aboriginal men in the ‘at risk’ category i.e. affected by issues such as youth crime, substance abuse and poor academic performance.

Participation in the Africa Games was a great opportunity for these young men to turn their lives around through their passion for Australian Rules football. Apart from the match, they conducted junior coaching clinics, sharing their love of the game with children from Mozambique and South Africa.

Please click on the links below to view photos of the Australian team’s trip to Africa.

• Departure
• Youth Camp
• Maputo
• Australia v Mozambique
• Inhaca Island
• Swaziland
• Kruger National Park
• Lion Park