West Africa

Question 1

15th c.

Answer 1

European presence along the coast in the form of forts and trading posts - some left after abolition

Question 2

Post-slavery ambitions

Answer 2

Palm oil cultivation (industrialisation)
Territorial expansion

Question 3

Resistance

Answer 3

Pre-existing states: Songhai, Asanti, Samori
United by Islam

Question 4

Portugal

Answer 4

Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau in 1974)

Question 5

Spain

Answer 5

Spanish Guinea (Equatorial Guinea in 1968)

Question 6

Britain

Answer 6

Gambia: purchased from Portugal in 1588
Sierra Leone: from 1807
Gold Coast Colony: from 1850s (Ghana in 1957)
Lagos: consul since 1849
Niger Delta: from 1877

Question 7

France

Answer 7

Senegal: from 1659
Ivory Coast: from 1842
Dahomey: from 1894 (Benin)
French Guinea: from1898 (Guinea)

Question 8

US

Answer 8

Liberia: 1822-47

Question 9

Germany

Answer 9

Togoland and Cameroon in 1884

Question 10

Afrique Occidentale Francaise

Britain

Answer 10

Treaties w Britain in 1890 & 98: brits had 0 interest in the Sahara

Question 11

Unification of french colonies

Algeria, Djibouti, equatorial Africa

Answer 11

Plan to unite French WA w the rest of of its colonies
Algeria in 1890
Djibouti: failure after Fashoda incident (1898)
French Equatorial Africa:
- Gabon & Congo: before 1885
- Ubangi-Shari (CAR): 1894
- Chad: 1900