Askaris in Popular Culture
- Askari are a minor class of creature in the African/tropical-themed Mirage and Visions (and later Time Spiral) expansion sets of the collectable card game Magic: The Gathering.
- Askari, could refer to DST Global Solutions' market risk management tool.
- Jono Baraka appears briefly as a hero in Marvel Comics' Excalibur under the alias Askari
- Askari is the name of one of the secondary characters in the David Gemmell fantasy novel The Swords of Night and Day
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