Colonisation of Africa (Twilight of a New Era)

The colonisation of Africa has a long history, the most famous phase being the European Scramble for Africa of the nineteenth century.

The main colonial powers are France, United Kingdom and Portugal. Of lesser importance are Belgium, Spain. The German Empire's territories where given out of France and United Kingdom after World War I as specified by the Treaty of Versailles (1920).

The only independent states are Liberia and Ethiopia. Specifically Egypt, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, British Somaliland, Zanzibar, Morocco and Tunisia are protectorates of theImperial Commonwealth Federation orFrench Union.