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The Scramble for Africa [a] was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
A map of Africa in 1914, with colours for the sovereign powers: Date: 10 December 2023: ... Imperialism; Scramble for Africa; User:Falcaorib/Africa; Global file usage.
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 ...
Some of these endured for centuries; however, popular parlance of colonialism in Africa usually focuses on the European conquests of African states and societies in the Scramble for Africa (1884–1914) during the age of New Imperialism, followed by gradual decolonisation after World War II.
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".
Background map : Africa map political-fr.svg (this revision) (modified) created by myself ; Reference maps : Map by John Bartholomew & Co. visible on Britishempire.co.uk ; Map from Hammond's Atlas of the Modern World, 1917 ; Map from WHKMLA Historical Atlas ; Map from the Texas Education Agency. Author: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) Permission
Together these six countries constituted Germany's African presence in the age of New Imperialism. They were invaded and largely occupied by the colonial forces of the Allied Powers during World War I , and in 1919 were transferred from German control by the League of Nations and divided between Belgium , France , Portugal , South Africa , and ...
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 ]