Geography Clarification: No African Country Named "South America"

Continental vs. National Categories

No. There is no country in Africa called South America.

South America

• Continent (12 sovereign countries + 3 territories)
• Location: Western Hemisphere, mostly Southern Hemisphere
• Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Africa

• Continent (54 sovereign countries)
• Location: Eastern Hemisphere, straddles equator
• Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, DRC, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Why Confusion Might Arise

• "South" + "America" vs. "South Africa" (country) vs. "Southern Africa" (region)
• Historical: African diaspora in South America (Brazil, Colombia, etc.)
• Plate tectonics: Africa & South America were joined (Gondwana)

Basic geography: continents contain countries; continents are not countries.