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Jan 1, 1575
Colonization of Angola (1575)
On 1575, Portuguese colonized Angola. Novais arrived at Angola with a hundred families of colonists live in Angola, and four hundred soldiers to protect the family. The reason why he had brought five hundred of people was to be a king. When he first approached to Angola he used religions. Novais brought a lot of priests to pretend to be a missionary, but his original plan was to take force of Angola, and colonize it. The plan of Novais worked on native Angolan. He exiled all the Portuguese late -
Gabon under French Colonization (1839 - 1841)
France established protections over the coast regions of Gabon in 1839 to protect their colony. Portuguese traders established the Como River, which caused a lot of problems for French. There were illegal slave trade, so French authorities captured an illegal slave ship and freed the slaves. Then later, slaves found a settlement, which was called Libreville. It was also near the mission station that American missionaries later created. French explorers had hard time with Gabon’s dense jungles. F -
Congo under French Colonization (1880 - 1910)
In 1880, the area North of Congo River had became under French dominion. Henry Morton Stanley, a British journalist, explored the river of Congo and France, and France took it as intruding without approval. Congo that Henry Morton explored is now known as French Congo. In early French, exploring their territory led to local people and subjection of the territory. French designated Brazza to acquire an inquiry into these events. Also, French organized the middle of Congo, Gabon, Chad, and Oubang -
Colonization of Cameroon (1884 - 1919)
Beginning on July 5, 1884, all of present-day Cameroon became a Germany colony. First, it was called Kamerun with a capital first at Buea and later at Yaounde. The Imperial German government made investments in Cameroon. The Imperial German government had the extensive railways on the South Sanaga River branch. Hospitals were opened all over the colony, including two major hospitals at Douala. Those hospitals focused on the disease that many Africans suffered. In 1911, at the Treaty of Fez after -
Copper Mining In Zambia (1920 - 1936)
The Zambian economy has historically been based on the copper-mining industry. The discovery of copper is owed partly to Fredrick Russell Burnha. The fate of Zambia changed dramatically in the late 1920’s when rich underground copper and cobalt were discovered. Copper mineralization was first discovered at the turn of the century, but large-scale production only happened in the 1930’s. By 1930, there were about 30,000 African miners in Zambia. Kitwe was founded as a copper mining center in 1936. -
Decolonization of CAR (1940 - 1960)
In about August 1940, Central African Republic helped a general of France, Charles de Gaulle, to fight for Free France after World War II. Free France is a government exiled, and their leader is General Charles de Gaulle. After World War II, the French Constitution of 1946 inaugurated to give French citizenship to all French territories in Western Africa. In 1956, French legislation eliminated certain voting inequalities and provided for the creation of some organs of self-government in each ter -
Independence of North Rhodesia (1953-1964)
The term “Rhodesia” refers to a region compromising the areas today that are Zambia and Zimbabwe. At first, the area was administrated as two different units, North- Western Rhodesia and North- Eastern Rhodesia. These two units were merged in into Northern Rhodesia. The British South Africa Company administrated it and British common law became the basis of the administration of the area. The territory attracted a small number of Europeans settlers that agitated for white minority rule. In 1953, -
The Independence and Political Crisis in Congo (1960 - 1965)
The Congo Crisis was an event between 1960 and 1965. The event began immediately when Belgium ended Congo’s independence. In June 30, 1960, Belgium negotiated about mining rights in Democratic Republic of Congo. The reason of this negotiation was the fury of the African soldiers angry about racism. When Belgium intervened military, most of the soldiers of the Congolese army rebelled. They demanded more pay and the removal of all white officers from their army ranks. The entire country was under -
Independence of Angola (1961-1975)
During the 1961-1975, the Angolan War of Independence started as an uprising against forced cotton cultivation, and became a struggle for the control of Portugal. The war ended when a leftist military coup in Lisbon in April 1974, overthrew Portugal’s Estado Novo regime. The new regime that came immediately stopped all military action in the African colonies. In Angola, after the Portuguese had stopped the war, an armed conflict broke out among the nationalist movements. Portugal granted indepen
