List of Masonic Grand Lodges in Africa

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 Jurisdictional area Name Founded Lodges Members Notes Benin Grand Bénin de la République du Bénin [GBRB] (Great Benin of the Republic of Benin)1967 CLIPSAS Grande Loge du Bénin (Grand Lodge of Bénin) 1995 17 450 Burkina Faso Grande Loge du Burkina Faso (Grand Lodge of Burkina Faso)Camer.be, La franc-maçonnerie et l’Afrique , accessed 26 July 2014 1997 10 375 Cameroon Grande Loge Nationale du Cameroun (National Grand Lodge of Cameroon)Les Batisseurs du Cameroun, De la Franc-Maçonnerie du Cameroun , April 2013, accessed 25 July 2014 2001 4 222 Grande Loge Féminine de FranceL'Essor de la GLFF Account of expansion of GLFF, retrieved 8 January 2013Alain Bauer, Jean-Claude Rochigneux, Les relations internationales de la franc-maçonnerie française, La Grande Loge Féminine de France à l'International, Armand Colin, 2010 1 GLFF Grand Loge Unie du Cameroun (United Grand Lodge of Cameroon)MBA News, La Franc maçonnerie camerounaise se dévoile, October 2012, accessed 25 July 2014 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-MisraimCercle Damien Kandolo, La Franc-maçonnerie au Congo-Kinshasa , accessed 25 July 2014Jeune Afrique, RDC : les francs-maçons à Kinshasa... discrets, mais pas trop, accessed 25 July 2014 1986 3 Grande Loge de France, District Congo (Grand Lodge of France, Congo District)La GLDF dans le monde GLDF in the world (English) retrieved 25 July 2014Jeune Afrique, RDC : les francs-maçons à Kinshasa... discrets, mais pas trop, accessed 25 July 2014 4 REHFRAM Grand Orient du Congo (Grand Orient of the Congo)Jeune Afrique, Franc-maçonnerie : l'Afrique bien logée, accessed 25 July 2014 1973 3 CLIPSAS Congo, Republic of Grande Loge du Congo7 sur 7, Mise au point : La Grande Loge du Congo recadre La Lettre du Continent , statement by Grand Master, 26 May 2014, accessed 25 July 2014 Grands Orient & Loge Associés du Congo (Associated Grand Orient and Lodge of the Congo)Claude Wauthier, Le Monde Diplomatique, Africa's Freemasons – A strange inheritance, September 1997, accessed 25 July 2014 CLIPSAS Gabon Grande Loge du Gabon (Grand Lodge of Gabon)Gabon Libre, ALI A ETE FAIT GRAND MAITRE DE LA LOGE GABONAISE POURQUOI FAIRE ? , accessed 24 July 2014 1983 14 Grande Loge Symbolique du Gabon (Symbolic Grand Lodge of Gabon)GLSG website accessed 8 January 2014[ http://paristimes.net/fr_culture/FM_afrique.html Paris Times, Bref panorama de la F.: M.: en Afrique aujourd’hui], accessed 24 July 2014 1975 14 Grande Loge Féminine de France GLFF Ghana District Grand Lodge of Ghana, English Constitution 1810 57 Grand Lodge of Ghana 2009 49 Guinea Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de la Guinée ConackryDH France website, Le Droit Humain International , accessed 17 July 2014Fédération Ouest Africain du Droit Humain, Nos Divers Orients , accessed 17 July 2014 DH Fédération Ouest Africaine Ivory Coast Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire (Grand Lodge of the Ivory Coast)L'Etandard, Franc-maçonnerie et françafrique , accessed 18 July 2014 1989 27 1,000 Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de la Côte d'Ivoire DH Fédération Ouest Africaine Liberia Grand Lodge of the Republic of LiberiaThe Tragic History of Freemasonry in Liberia, Chris Hodapp, Freemasonry for Dummies Blog, retrieved 8 January 20141867 Madagascar Grande Loge Traditionnelle et Symbolique de Madagascar [GLTSM] 1997 Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Madagascar (Le Droit Humain, Madagascar Jurisdiction)Droit Humain Worldwide retrieved 17 July 2014, accessed 24 July 2014 6 DH Grande Loge Nationale de Madagascar (National Grand Lodge of Madagascar)GLN Madagascar website, accessed 23 July 2014 1996 9 232 Grand Rite MalgacheFM Symbolism, Rite Ecossais Rectifié , accessed 19 July 2014 CLIPSAS Mali Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Mali (Le Droit Humain, Mali Jurisdiction)DH Mali website, accessed 22 July 2014 1 DH Fédération Ouest Africaine Grande Loge Nationale Malienne (National Grand Lodge of Mali)Masonic Press Agency, Sadio Lamine SOW was elected Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Mali (Grande Loge Nationale Malienne), accessed 23 July 2014 Mauritius Grand Lodge of MauritiusGL of Mauritius, accessed 8 March 2014 2005 15 389 Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de la Ile Maurice (Le Droit Humain, Mauritius Jurisdiction)Grande Loge de Maurice, Histoire de la GLM, accessed 22 July 2014 1 DH Morocco Grande Loge du MarocGLM website , accessed 21 July 2014 1964 CLIPSAS, UMM Grande Loge Régulière du Royaume du Maroc [GLRRM] (Regular Grand Lodge of the Kingdom of Morocco)GLNF magazine, no 110, July 2013, Dernières Nouvelles, p7, GLRRM re-establishes relations with GLNF 2000 7 United Grand Lodge of England Grande Loge unie du Maroc (United Grand Lodge of Morocco)GLUM website , accessed 21 July 2014 2005 5 80 GLUDEAstrolabe Alain Graesel, Grandes Loges Unies d’Europe, retrieved 29 December 2013Grand Orient du Maroc (GODM)20092 Grande Loge Féminine du Maroc (Women's Grand Lodge of Morocco)13° rencontres de l’Union Maçonnique Méditerranéenne retrieved 8 January 2014 2011 3 CLIPSASGrande Loge Nationale Marocaine (GLNM)2016880CGLEMGrande Loge Mixte du Maroc (GLMM)20183Grand Orient Maroc-Méditerranée (GOMM)20182 Nigeria District Grand Lodge of Nigeria (UGLE)UGLE Districts retrieved 8 January 2014DGL Nigeria website , accessed 19 July 2014 1806 35 Grand Lodge of NigeriaProvincial Newsletter, Ross and Cromarty, November 2012, pp13-16 retrieved 8 January 2014 2012 Senegal Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Sénégal DH Fédération Ouest Africaine Grand Lodge of SenegalMassachusetts Freemasons, R.W. Robert V. Jolly Jr. to Serve as Deputy Grand Master, representative to GL of Senegal, accessed 18 July 2014 1993 12 Grande Loge Féminine de France GLFF South Africa Grand Lodge of South AfricaGrand Lodge of South Africa website, accessed 17 July 2014 1961 64, Accessed 10 February 2014 3300 South African Federation, The International Order of Co-Freemasonry, Le Droit Humain SAF- Droit Humain website 1912 4 DH Togo Grande Loge Nationale Togolaise (National Grand Lodge of Togo)Grande Loge Nationale Togolaise , accessed 17 July 2014 1992 48 1,500 Le Droit Humain – Jurisdiction de Togo (Le Droit Humain, Togo Jurisdiction) DH Fédération Ouest Africaine Zambia District Grand Lodge of Zambia January 1, 1967 19-20

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See also List of Masonic Grand Lodges