2007-10-18 13:59:16 · 4 answers · asked by Elidia Tallino 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
France ruled most of north Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, pretty much everything in the Sahara Desert)
Britain had most of the southern part of Africa
Belgium ruled the Congo in central Africa
Spain controlled part of Morocco/Western Sahara, and Spanish Guinea (now Equatorial Guinea)
Portugal had Angola, Mozambique in southern Africa
Germany had a few colonies but these were seized when they lost World War I and split between Britain and France
Ethiopia was independent
Liberia was independent b/c it was founded by black Americans fleeing slavery but was basically a U.S. colony up to that point
2007-10-18 14:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by soupisgoodfood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colonial powers like France, Britain, and Belgium.
2007-10-18 14:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the guy above me has some right however he failed to mention that Ghana,Nigeria were colonized by the British(part of west africa)
2007-10-18 15:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
France ..thats y most of african countries speak French
2007-10-18 14:02:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋