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What are the names of African countries and their former colonizers?
Updated: 8/19/2023
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BRITISH RULE:
- The Gambia
- Sierra Leone
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Lesotho
- Swaziland
- South Africa
- Botswana
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Malawi
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Somalia (northern portion)
- Sudan
- Egypt
- Seychelles
- Mauritius
FRENCH RULE:
- Tunisia
- Algeria
- Morocco
- Mauritania
- Senegal
- Guinea
- Mali
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Burkina Faso
- Togo
- Benin
- Niger
- Chad
- Central African Republic
- Gabon
- Republic of the Congo
- Madagascar
- Djibouti
- Comoros
GERMAN RULE: (All ceded to France or the United Kingdom after World War I)
- Cameroon
- Namibia
- Togo
- Tanzania
SPANISH RULE:
- Western Sahara (not a country, claimed by both Mauritania and Morocco today but also considers itself its own nation)
- Equatorial Guinea
PORTUGUESE RULE:
- Cape Verde
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Guinea-Bissau
- Angola
- Mozambique
BELGIAN RULE:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Burundi
DUTCH RULE:
- South Africa (portions)
ITALIAN RULE:
- Libya
- Eritrea
- Somalia (southern part)
- Ethiopia
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