This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost their independence.
List
edit| 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 | United Kingdom |
| Burundi | 1893 | Germany[4] |
| Nri Kingdom | 1911 | United Kingdom |
| Kingdom of Benin | 1897 | United Kingdom |
| Bunyoro | 1899 | United Kingdom |
| Dahomey | 1894 | France |
| Rwanda | 1894 | Germany[5] |
| Oubangui-Chari | 1894 | France |
| Mthwakazi | 1893 | United Kingdom |
| Ijebu | 1892 | United Kingdom |
| Bechuanaland | 1885 | United Kingdom |
| Merina | 1885 | France |
| South Africa | 1879 | United Kingdom |
| Fante Confederacy | 1874 | United Kingdom |
| Basutoland | 1868 | United Kingdom |
| Tunisia | 1881 | France |
| Comoros | 1843 | France |
| Algeria | 1830 | France[6] |
| Zanzibar | 1503 | Portugal |
| Nigeria | 1861 | United Kingdom[7] |
References
edit- ^ "The Moroccan Nationalist Movement and its Anticolonial Activism from 1925 to 1944".
- ^ Bodetti, Austin (2021-11-01). "Italy's Little-Known Colonial Legacy in Libya and Somalia". Inside Arabia. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "Eswatini - Colonial administration | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "Burundi | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ CORRESPONDENT, Michael Coard TRIBUNE. "'94 Rwanda massacre exposes Europe's murderous African colonization". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Tognina, Andrea. "Swiss in Algeria: decolonisation in a country without colonies". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "About Nigeria - Nigeria High Commission". nigeria.org.my. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2022-08-04.