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This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost their independence. List. Name ... South Africa: 1879 ...
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non ...
The Scramble for Africa: the White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 (13th ed.). London: Abacus. ISBN 978-0-349-10449-2. Phillips, Anne. The enigma of colonialism : British policy in West Africa (1989) Online
List of African dependencies and other territories — including their respective capitals: External territories ... Sicily is geologically a part of Africa, ...
The following is a list of European colonies in Africa, organized alphabetically by the colonizing country. France had the most colonies in Africa with 35 colonies followed by Britain with 32. [ 1 ]
Federal Republic of Somalia (2012–present) (a federal state formed by 5 federal states members) South Africa: Before the Bantu expansion, Khoisan peoples were the first inhabitants of Southern Africa. Various Bantu peoples migrated and settled in the territory of the future South Africa (300 AD-500 AD) Kingdom of Mapungubwe (c.1075-c.1220)
For convenience, all Former countries in Africa should be included in this category. This includes all countries that can also be found in the subcategories. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Former countries in Africa