African Country by History

At the beginning of the 20th century, plantations on the island part of this country were controlled by creoles later known as Fernandinos.

The oldest European colonial settlement in the tropics can be found in this country.

What is now this country was part of a German protectorate between 1884 and 1916, which was later split into a British and a French territory. The British territory became part of this country's western neighbour in 1957, while the French territory became this country in 1960.

Before becoming an independent kingdom, this country was known as the Colony of Basutoland.

Between 1958 and 1984, this country was known as the Republic of Upper Volta.

This country was once one of four coastal areas named for the resources available in each. It was the only one named for an animal product.

The Nok culture, the Kingdom of Nri and the Aro Confederacy were all located within this country.

This country was founded by African Americans, and managed to remain independent throughout the Scramble for Africa.

Slaves from the Brazilian slave ship L'Elizia were resettled on the site of this country's capital after the French navy captured the ship.

Former names of this country's capital include Epsumb, Jeundo and Jaunde.

The Herero and Namaqua genocide, which occurred within what is now this country, was the first genocide of the 20th century. Between 24,000 and 100,000 Hereros and 10,000 Namaqua were killed by the German Empire.

The capital of Maravi, a Bantu kingdom, was located within what is now this country.

This country was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state between 1969 and 1992.

This country is named after an ancient Berber kingdom that was not located on the location of the modern country.

There was a civil war in this country between 1st October 1990 and 18th July 1994, which arose from a long-running dispute between two of the country's largest ethnic groups.

More pyramids were constructed within what is now this country than anywhere else in the world.

This country's current name was previously the name of an empire that was not located within the country's borders. The country's name before this was the Gold Coast.

The former rulers of this country occasionally controlled Mayotte.

The Merina Kingdom controlled most of what is now this country by the 19th century.

When the explorer Zheng He visited the city of Malindi, now located in this country, as part of the Ming treasure voyages, the city's ruler sent a personal envoy with a giraffe as a present to China with the fleet.