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the Portuguese
Portugal began to establish trading posts in Africa in the early 1400s.
Great Britain
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Portugal
Portugal was the first European country to set up a colony in Africa. Portugal landed on Africa's Gold Coast in 1471 and built the Castle of Elmina, becoming the first European settlement.
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Portugal was the first country to sail eastward. Vasco da Gama was the first to sail around Africa and discover India
It was claimed by a mixture of European countries, but France had the largest claim.
Many European nations colonized west Africa. Most notably it was the French who made most of west Africa under them until last half of 20th century. Algeria, Chad, Niger etc were all colonized by them.
Portuguese http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/ta/2.htm Actually, they asked for the first country which would be Portugal