This is a list of the dates when African states were made colonies or protectorates of European powers and lost their independence.
List Name Year Colonial power Morocco 1912 France Libya 1911 Italy Fulani Empire 1903 France and the United Kingdom Swaziland 1902 United Kingdom Ashanti Confederacy 1900 United Kingdom Burundi 1893 Germany Nri Kingdom 1911 United Kingdom Kingdom of Benin 1897 United Kingdom Bunyoro 1899 United Kingdom Dahomey 1894 France Rwanda 1894 Germany Oubangui-Chari 1894 France Mthwakazi 1893 United Kingdom Ijebu 1892 United Kingdom Bechuanaland 1885 United Kingdom Merina 1885 France South Africa 1879 United Kingdom Fante Confederacy 1874 United Kingdom Basutoland 1868 United Kingdom Tunisia 1881 France Comoros 1843 France Algeria 1830 France Zanzibar 1503 Portugal Nigeria 1861 United Kingdom
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