List of European colonies in Africa
The following is a list of European colonies in Africa , organized alphabetically by the colonizing country. France had the most colonies in Africa with 35 colonies followed by Britain with 32.[1]
Belgian colonial empire
British Empire
Opening of the railway in Rhodesia , 1899
Following the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War in 1896, the British proclaimed a protectorate over the Ashanti Kingdom .
Courland
Denmark–Norway
Dutch colonial empire
French colonial empire
Map of French colonies in Africa (in green)
The Foureau-Lamy military expedition sent out from Algiers in 1898 to conquer the Chad Basin and unify all French territories in West Africa.
The Senegalese Tirailleurs , led by Colonel Alfred-Amédée Dodds , conquered Dahomey (present-day Benin) in 1892
German Empire
The following were German African protectorates:
German colonies in Africa, 1914
German South West Africa , 1884 to 1915
German West Africa , 1884 to 1915
German East Africa , 1885 to 1918
Witu Protectorate , 1885 to 1890
German Somali Coast , 1885 to 1888
German Congo , 1884 to 1885
German Katanga, 1886
Gando Protectorate, 1895 to 1897
Gulmu Protectorate, 1895 to 1897
German South Africa , 1884 to 1885
Hospitaller Malta
Italian colonial empire
Portuguese colonial empire
Marracuene in Portuguese Mozambique was the site of a decisive battle between Portuguese and Gaza king Gungunhana in 1895
Others
Russian Empire
Sagallo (6 January 1889–5 February 1889)
Spanish colonial Empire
Northern Spanish Morocco
Chefchaouen (Chauen )
Jebala (Yebala )
Kert
Loukkos (Lucus )
Rif
Sweden
See also
References