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Map of Fort James (Gambia), the first English possession in Africa. Almost at the same time as the Dutch, other European colonial powers attempted to create their own outposts in West Africa, following in the footsteps of the Portuguese.
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 ]
Genoese Tabarka fort, built in the Middle Ages. The European enclaves in North Africa (technically 'semi-enclaves') were towns, fortifications and trading posts on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of western North Africa (sometimes called also "Maghreb"), obtained by various European powers in the period before they had the military capacity to occupy the interior (i.e. before the French ...
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 ...
Using a Marxist analysis, he analyses the modes of resource extraction and systematic underdevelopment of Africa by Europe. He concludes that the structure of present-day Africa and Europe can, through a comparative analysis be traced to the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. He includes an analysis of gender and states the rights of African ...
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.
German colonies in Africa, 1914. The following were German African protectorates: Kionga Triangle, 1894–1916; German South West Africa, 1884–1915; German West Africa, 1884–1915 Togoland, 1884–1916; Kamerun, from 1884–1916; Kapitaï and Koba, 1884–1885; Mahinland, March 11, 1885 – October 24, 1885; German East Africa, 1885–1918
This is a list of former European colonies. ... German East Africa (Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania) German South-West Africa ; Kamerun (split between Cameroon and Nigeria)