非洲板块是一个较大的板块，几乎包含整个非洲大陆，向西一至延伸到中大西洋海岭。它是1968年勒皮雄提出的六大板块之一，范围基本没有变动。

非洲板块的西界是一个离散边界，形成中大西洋海岭的中段和南段，非洲板块隔此边界在北部与北美洲板块相接，在南部与南美洲板块相接。非洲板块的东北界与阿拉伯板块相接，东南界与印度-澳大利亚板块相接，在北部和南部与之相邻的则分别是欧亚板块和南极洲板块。除了与欧亚板块之间的北界外，其余边界均是离散边界。

非洲板块由几个克拉通（即古陆的稳定陆核）组成，它们在大约5.5亿年前冈瓦纳超大陆形成的过程中会聚在一起，形成现代非洲大陆的前身。这些克拉通自南向北依次是卡拉哈里克拉通、刚果克拉通、撒哈拉克拉通和西非克拉通。每一个克拉通都可以进一步分成几个更小的地块或叫地体，它们沿着前冈瓦纳造山带拼合在一起。

The African Plate is a major tectonic plate straddling the equator as well as the prime meridian. It includes much of the continent of Africa, as well as oceanic crust which lies between the continent and various surrounding ocean ridges. Between 60 million years ago and 10 million years ago, the Somali Plate began rifting from the African Plate along the East African Rift. Since the continent of Africa consists of crust from both the African and the Somali plates, some literature refers to the African Plate as the Nubian Plate to distinguish it from the continent as a whole.