African countries and their colonial masters
In the early 17 century the European countries scrambled for and partitioned Africa. This continued until around 1905, by which time all the lands an hed resources of the continent of Africa had been completely divided and colonized by European countries. The only country that couldn’t be colonized due to strong resistance by the indigenous was Ethiopia, and Liberia which was a place for freed slaves from the other Countries.
Below are African countries and their colonial masters.
1. Algeria – France
2. Angola – Portugal
3. Benin – France
4. Botswana – Britain
5. Burkina Faso – France
6. Burundi – Belgium
7. Cameroon – France
8. Cape Verde – Portugal
9. Central African republic – France
10. Chad – France
11. Comoros – France
12. Congo republic – France
13. Congo DR – Belgium
14. Cote d’Iviore – France
15. Djibouti – France
16. Egypt – Britain
17. Equatorial Guinea – Spain
18. Eritrea – Ethiopia
19. Ethiopia – over 2000 years never colonized
20. Gabon – France
21. Gambia – Britain
22. Ghana – Britain
23. Guinea – France
24. Guinea Bissau – Portugal
25. Kenya – Britain
26. Lesotho – Britain
27. Liberia –
28. Libya – Italy
29. Madagascar – France
30. Malawi – Britain
31. Mali – France
32. Mauritania – France
33. Mauritius – Britain
34. Morocco – France
35. Mozambique – Portugal
36. Namibia – South Africa
37. Niger – France
38. Nigeria – Britain
39. Rwanda – Belgium
40. Sao tome and Principe – Portugal
41. Senegal – France
42. Seychelles – Britain
43. Sierra Leone – Britain
44. Somalia – Britain, Italy.
45. South Africa – Britain
46. South Sudan – Sudan
47. Sudan – Egypt, Britain
48. Swaziland – Britain
49. Tanzania – Britain
50. Togo – France
51. Tunisia – France
52. Uganda – Britain
53. Zambia – Britain
54. Zimbabwe – Britain
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