The African Karate Championships are organised by the African Karate Federation each year.
History The first editions 1984 and 1985 In the late 1970s, African karate began to become organized with the creation of the African Union of Karate (UAK) in 1978. However, other regional blocs emerged simultaneously, such as the Confederation of African Karate Amateur (CAKA) and the Union of Karate-Do Federations of Central Africa (UFKAC) both in 1980. It was under the banner of this momentum and the aegis of pioneering entities like the UAK that a committee was able to reach an agreement with the Senegalese Federation and the other pioneering African federations to launch the 1984 and 1985 editions in Dakar, Senegal. The World Karate Federation (WKF) sponsored these inaugural championships to encourage the development of official continental structures in Africa.
Creation of the UFAK Recognizing the need to unify all these competing leagues (UAK, CAKA, UFKAC) to secure full recognition from the World Karate Federation (WKF), African leaders officially dissolved these former structures on 30 June 1987, in Dakar, and founded the current Union of African Karate Federations (UFAK).
Important figures helped establish these championships as early as 1984 such as masters Fernand Nunes, Cheikhou Oumar Tall, Alioune Badara Hane and Bouna Ndao serving as the essential technical experts and leaders who trained the first generation of referees and competitors capable of performing at a continental level. African leaders at the time worked closely with the president of WKF Jacques Delcourt, who required a fully unified African body in order to grant it full continental membership status. This is what prompted the UAK committees to formalize the 1987 merger.
Editions UAK/CAKA/UFKAC Championships (1984–1985) and UFAK Championships (since 1987).
Senior EditionYearDateHost CityEventsLeading countryOrganized by / / 11984 Dakar, Senegal 21985 Dakar, Senegal Organized by African Karate Federation (UFAK)31987 Dakar, Senegal 41992 Cairo, Egypt 5199421–24 July Casablanca, Morocco 61997 Dakar, Senegal 71999 Johannesburg, South Africa 820017–8 July Antananarivo, Madagascar 920044–5 September Durban, South Africa1710200526–27 August Luanda, Angola17112007– Johannesburg, South AfricaCancelled1220089–10 August Cotonou, Benin171320106–7 August Cape Town, South Africa161420127–9 September Rabat, Morocco1615201410–16 August Dakar, Senegal1616201719 May–5 June Yaoundé, Cameroon1617201828 August–2 September Kigali, Rwanda1618201912–14 July Gaborone, Botswana161920207–9 February Tangier, Morocco162020213–5 December Cairo, Egypt1621202228 November–4 December Durban, South Africa1622202314–20 August Casablanca, Morocco162320247–9 March Accra, Ghana1624202525–27 July Abuja, Nigeria1625202610–13 September Algiers, Algeria16
Cadet, Junior and U-21 EditionYearDateHost CityEventsLeading country1 2 3 420041–4 September Durban, South Africa115 6200924–30 July Algiers, Algeria 7201326 August–30 September Tunis, Tunisia 8201719 May–5 June Yaoundé, Cameroon 9201828 August–2 September Kigali, Rwanda 10201912–14 July Gaborone, Botswana 1120207–9 February Tangier, Morocco 1220213–5 December Cairo, Egypt 13202228 November–4 December Durban, South Africa 14202314–20 August Casablanca, Morocco 1520247–9 March Accra, Ghana 16202525–27 July Abuja, Nigeria 17202610–13 September Algiers, Algeria
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