How to draw Africa map using Cartopy

We can easily draw an Africa Map using Cartopy by setting the extents to [-23, 55, -35, 40]:

ax.set_extent([-23, 55, -35, 40])

Complete code example

The code above produces the image shown above:

import cartopy.crs as ccrs
import cartopy.feature as cf
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

proj = ccrs.PlateCarree()
ax = plt.axes(projection=proj)
ax.set_extent([-23, 55, -35, 40])
ax.stock_img()

ax.add_feature(cf.COASTLINE, lw=2)
ax.add_feature(cf.BORDERS)
# Make figure larger
plt.gcf().set_size_inches(20, 10)

# Save figure as SVG
plt.savefig("Africa.svg")