These are territories of Africa that were at one point or
another controlled by the UK.
Ethiopia (military occupation)-1941-1944
Eritrea (military occupation)-1941-1952
Libya (military occupation)-1942-1951
Egypt (protectorate)-1882-1922*
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (shared control with Egypt)-1899-1956
Gold Coast (Crown Colony)-1821-1957
British Cameroons (mandate)-1922-1961
British Somaliland (protectorate)-1884-1960
Nigeria (Protectorate and Colony)-1885-1960
South Africa-1791-1931*
Tanganyika (mandate)-1919-1961
Zanzibar (protectorate)-1890-1963
Uganda (protectorate)-1894-1962
Kenya (protectorate and colony)-1895-1963
Nyasaland (protectorate and colony)-1907-1964
Northern Rhodesia (protectorate and colony)-1924-1964
The Gambia (protectorate and colony)-1888-1965
Bechuanaland (protectorate)-1885-1966
Basutoland (Colony)-1884-1966
South-West Africa (shared control with South
Africa)-1915-1931
Mauritius (Colony)-1810-1968
Swaziland (Colony)-1906-1968
Seychelles (Crown Colony)-1903-1976
Southern Rhodesia (Colony)-1923-1980*
*NOTES: The dates shown are the dates that these territories
were under "de Jure" British rule. Most of the territories had
previously been under "de facto" British rule for many decades.
*Egypt's government was still advised by the British until
1952
*The Cape (1791-1910), Natal (1843-1910), Transvaal (1877-1910)
and Orange River (1902-1910) colonies were brought together to form
the Dominion of South Africa in 1910. In 1931 South Africa became
totally independent.
*British control of Southern Rhodesia was interrupted due to the
Rhodesian Civil War in 1965. When the war ended in 1979, the
British regained control of Southern Rhodesia and granted it
independence just months later in 1980.
