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This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost ... South Africa: 1879 United Kingdom: Fante Confederacy:
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 ]
The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge, pronounced [kɔ̃ɡo bɛlʒ]; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) [a] was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
Pages in category "Belgian colonisation in Africa" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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".
Phoenicians established several colonies along the coast of North Africa. Some of these were founded relatively early. For example, Utica was founded c. 1100 BC. Carthage, which means New City, has a traditional foundation date of 814 BC. It was established in what is now Tunisia and became a major power in the Mediterranean by the 4th century ...
Belgian colonisation in Africa (3 C, 21 P) E. Évolués (12 P) F. Former Belgian colonies (5 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Belgian colonial empire"
In 2015 the archives went to the Belgian State Archives, an arrangement expected to continue until 2018. [4] The Archives Africaines includes "the archives of the former Ministry for Colonies (5 km), the archives of the Governor-General of the Congo (4.5 km), and the files on former colonial personnel (1.4 km)." [4]