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There were a few British Colonies and protectorates on the West coast of Africa. Here's a list:

South-West Africa

The Gambia

Sierra Leone

Nigeria

British Togoland

British Cameroons

Gold Coast

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Here's a list, as well as independence years.

  1. South Africa-1910
  2. Egypt-1922
  3. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan-1956
  4. Gold Coast-1957
  5. British Cameroons-1960
  6. British Somaliland-1960
  7. Nigeria-1960
  8. Sierra Leone-1961
  9. Tanganyika-1961
  10. Uganda Protectorate-1962
  11. Kenya Colony-1963
  12. Nyasaland-1964
  13. Northern Rhodesia-1964
  14. Gambia-1965
  15. Bechuanaland-1966
  16. Basutoland-1966
  17. Swaziland-1968
  18. Northern Rhodesia-1980
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Modern-day:

  1. Lesotho (1868-1966)
  2. Botswana (1884-1966)
  3. Nigeria (1849-1960)
  4. South Africa (1806-1931)
  5. Egypt (1882-1922)
  6. Gambia (1816-1965)
  7. Ghana (1874-1957)
  8. Kenya (1888-1963)
  9. Malawi (1891-1964)
  10. Zambia (1888-1964)
  11. Zimbabwe (1888-1980)
  12. Sierra Leone (1787-1961)
  13. Sudan & South Sudan (1899-1956)
  14. Swaziland (1893-1968)
  15. Tanzania (1916-1963)
  16. Uganda (1890-1962)

Parts of modern-day:

  1. Cameroons (1916-1961)
  2. Somalia (1884-1960)
  3. Equatorial Guinea (1827-1855)
  4. Libya (1942-1951-Military administration after WWII)
  5. Morocco (1661-1684)
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A Crown colony in British West Africa would have been one of the British Colonies in West Africa. Here's a list of British West African Crown colonies:

  1. Gold Coast: 1821-1957
  2. Nigeria: 1914-1960
  3. Sierra Leone: 1792-1961
  4. Gambia: 1783-1965
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Lesotho

Botswana

Cameroons

Egypt

Gambia

Ghana

Kenya

Nigeria

Malawi

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Sudan

South Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Uganda

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Southern Rhodesia, which gained independence as Zimbabwe on April 17, 1980.

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South Africa in 1910 (although the UK still held some power over South Africa until 1931).

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The Gambia (controlled by Britain 1580's-1965)

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