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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 ]
This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost their independence. List. Name
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".
Toggle Colonies by African countries subsection. 5.1 Ethiopian. 5.2 South African. 5.3 Moroccan. ... List of former European colonies; List of Israeli settlements;
European colonial powers sought natural resources in African colonies and needed the requisite labor force to extract them and simultaneously build the colonial city around these industries. Because Europeans viewed native bodies as degenerate and in need of taming, violence was necessary to create a submissive laborer. [ 28 ]
Former colonies in Africa (42 C, 92 P) ... Pages in category "European colonisation of Africa" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
This is a navigational list of empires Empires and dynasties ... Central African Empire: 1976 1979 3 Chagatai Khanate: 1225: 1687: 462 Chahamanas of Shakambhari: 551: ...
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 late 19th century and early 20th century in the era of "New Imperialism": Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Spain.