Citharomangelia africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

(Original description) The shell has a fusiform shape, acuminated at both ends and obtusely angled in the middle.

The shell contains 7 whorls, angularly convex, finely spirally striated throughout and longitudinally regularly ribbed.

The outer lip is sharp at the edge, externally thickened by a stout rounded varix.

[2] This marine species occurs off Mozambique, and off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, at depths between 34 m and 50 m.