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List of African territories and states by date of colonization






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This is a list of the dates when African states were made coloniesorprotectoratesofEuropean powers and lost their independence.

List[edit]

Name Year Colonial power
Morocco 1912 France[1]
Libya 1911 Italy[2]
Fulani Empire 1903 France and the United Kingdom
Swaziland 1902 United Kingdom[3]
Ashanti Confederacy 1900 United Kingdom
Burundi 1893 Germany[4]
Nri Kingdom 1911 United Kingdom
Kingdom of Benin 1897 United Kingdom
Bunyoro 1899 United Kingdom
Dahomey 1894 France
Rwanda 1894 Germany[5]
Oubangui-Chari 1894 France
Mthwakazi 1893 United Kingdom
Ijebu 1892 United Kingdom
Bechuanaland 1885 United Kingdom
Merina 1885 France
South Africa 1879 United Kingdom
Fante Confederacy 1874 United Kingdom
Basutoland 1868 United Kingdom
Tunisia 1881 France
Comoros 1843 France
Algeria 1830 France[6]
Zanzibar 1503 Portugal
Nigeria 1861 United Kingdom[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Moroccan Nationalist Movement and its Anticolonial Activism from 1925 to 1944".
  • ^ Bodetti, Austin (2021-11-01). "Italy's Little-Known Colonial Legacy in Libya and Somalia". Inside Arabia. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  • ^ "Eswatini - Colonial administration | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  • ^ "Burundi | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  • ^ CORRESPONDENT, Michael Coard TRIBUNE. "'94 Rwanda massacre exposes Europe's murderous African colonization". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  • ^ Tognina, Andrea. "Swiss in Algeria: decolonisation in a country without colonies". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  • ^ "About Nigeria - Nigeria High Commission". nigeria.org.my. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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