African colonies
European-held continental lands
African colonies refers to territories in Africa that were controlled by European powers, primarily during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The term appears in historical contexts discussing the Scramble for Africa, independence movements, and colonial legacies: France maintained African colonies until the 1960s.
Former African colonies now constitute most of the continent's independent nations.
- BritainIsland off northwestern Europe
- Berlin ConferenceMeeting that divided Africa
- divide and ruleControl through fragmentation
- FranceWestern European republic
- AlgeriaMaghreb nation, largest African
exploitation · forced labor · cash crops · Angola · apartheid · white man's burden · independence movements · Kenya · Gold Coast · resistance movements · liberation wars · Rhodesia · cultural assimilation · resource extraction · native reserves · transatlantic slave trade · imperialism · pan-Africanism
- coloniesPlymouth, Jamestown, British India, Dutch East Indies, French Indochina
- British AfricaGold Coast, Rhodesia, Uganda, Nigeria, Gambia
- Portuguese historyAge of Discovery, Carnation Revolution, Salazar, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama
- Colonial LiteratureHeart of Darkness, Kim, The Jungle Book, King Solomon's Mines, Robinson Crusoe
- Francophone AfricaSenegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Niger
African coloniesEuropean empires
Nations that colonized globally
British Empire · French Empire · Belgium · Portugal · colonial masters
African coloniesEuropean colonies
Foreign-controlled overseas territories
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