This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost their independence.

Colonies were maintained for the purpose of economic exploitation and extraction of natural resources. In nearly all African countries today, the language used in government and media is the one used by a recent colonial power, though most …

2022年6月26日 · The African continent is one of the world’s largest continents, with more than 50 countries. All these countries except Ethiopia and Liberia were colonized and governed by the western rulers for years before civilization began to set in. The story, however, changed in 1957 when Ghana took a bold step toward gaining freedom.

From the late 19th Century to the mid-20th Century, European powers began the colonial expansion of African countries. Several African countries were shared in the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885. This article is dedicated to providing an overview of the years various African countries spent in colonialism.

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". [2]In Africa states emerged in a …

1980年4月18日 · Beginning in the 1950s, African colonies began achieving independence—in 1960 alone, 17 newly independent countries emerged—and more followed, with most independent by the end of 1980. Later some countries—Eritrea (1993), Namibia (1990), and South Sudan (2011)—achieved independence from other African countries.

2016年8月5日 · Most African nations were colonized by European states in the early modern era, including a burst of colonization in the Scramble for Africa from 1880 to 1900. However, this condition was reversed over the next century by independence movements. Here are African countries' independence dates.

Brief History of colonization: In the 17th century AD, European countries scrambled for and partitioned Africa. This continued until around 1905, by which time all the lands and resources of the continent of Africa had been completely divided and colonized by European countries.

2019年9月17日 · After decolonization, state boundaries in Africa remained remarkably stable, but the colonial names of African states often changed. Explore a list of current African countries according to their former colonial names, with explanations of …

2024年11月6日 · Which European countries colonized Africa? What were the long-term effects of colonialism in Africa? How did colonialism impact the borders of African countries?