ALGERIA
Other names: al-Jazā’ir, Algiers, Barbary Coast, French Possessions in the North of Africa, French Algeria, République Algérienne, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria  

Algiers

Constantine

Oran

Kel Ahaggar

Tuggurt

Alternative government: UNITA

Cabinda

BENIN
Other name: Dahomey, Benin, Établissements Français du Golfe de Benin, French Establishments in the Gulf of Benin

French Contou

French Porto Novo

São João Baptista de Ajudá

BOTSWANA
Other name: Bechuanaland

• Tati Concessions Land
• High Commission Territories of Bechuanaland, Basutholand and Swaziland

Botswan traditional states

baRôlông

baKwêna

baNgwaketse

bamaNgwato

baTawana

baKgatla

baLete (baMalete)

baTlôkwa

BURUNDI
Other name: Urundi, Kingdom of Burundi 

CAMEROON
Other names: German North-West Africa, German Kamerun, French Cameroun, British Cameroons

Ambas Bay (Victoria colony)

German Kamerun

British Cameroons

French Cameroun

CAPE VERDE
Other names: Cape Verde Islands, Cabo Verde

• Former Donataries
• Boa Vista
• Brava, Santa Luzia and Sal
• Fogo
• Maio
• Ribeira Grande
• Santiago
• Santo Antão
• São Nicolau and São Vicente

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Other names: République Centrafricaine, Ubangui-Bomu, Haut-Oubangui, Haut-Chari, Oubangui-Chari, Central African Empire, Empire Centrafricain, Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka

• Haut-Oubangui
• Haut-Chari 
• Oubangui-Chari
• Ubangui-Bomu

 
• Central African Republic traditional states
• Dar al-Kuti
• Bangassou
• Rafai
• Zemio

• Chad traditional states
• Baghirmi
• Wada´i

CONGO (Brazzaville)
Other names:  République du Congo, French Congo, Moyen Congo, Middle Congo, Republic of Congo

French Equatorial Africa

Middle Congo

• Congo (Brazzaville) traditional states
• Lwããgu (Loango) 
• Tyo (Teke)

CONGO (Kinshasa)
Other names: République Démocratique du Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, République du Zaïre

• Rebel governments in Eastern Congo (1998-)
• Rebel People's Republic (at Stanleyville) (1964-1965)
• Arab Military Territory

• Congo (Kinshasa) traditional states
• Babyarwanda
• Basibula
• Kabare
• Katanga (Gareganze state)
• Kuba kingdom
• Luba kingdom(s)
• Ruund (Luunda)
• Kasongo Luunda (Yaka)
• Mangbet
• Masisi
• Ngweshe
  

COTE D'IVORIE
Other names: République de Côte d'Ivoire, Assinie and Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, Côte d'Or, French Gold Coast, Établissements Français de la Côte d'Or, French Establishments in the Gold Coast

• Traditional States
• Agani-N'Denie (Indenie)
• Bouna (Buna)
• Kabasarana
• Kong (Ouatara) Empire
• Moossou (Grand Bassam)
• Sakassou
• Sanwi
  

DJIBOUTI
Other names: Jibuti, Jabuuti, Gabuuti, Obock and Protectorate of Tadjoura, French Coast of the Somalis, French Somaliland, Afars and Issas Territory

• Tadjourah
• Rahayto (Rahaito)

EGYPT
Other name: Misr, Khedivate of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt, Kingdom of Egypt, United Arab Republic

Suez Canal Zone

Equatorial Guinea traditional states

Bubi

Cabo San Juan/Corisco

Cabo San Juan

Corisco

Massawa

GABON
Other names: République Gabonaise, Gabonese Republic, French Gulf of Guinea settlements

Gabon and Dependencies

Orungu

• Gambia Protectorate
• Traditional States
• Barra
• Fuladugu
• Marabut

GHANA
Other names:  English Gold Coast, British Gold Coast, Gold Coast

Gold Coast Northern Territories

Gold Coast Colony

Danish Gold Coast

Dutch Gold Coast

Prussian (Brandenburger) Gold Coast

Portuguese Gold Coast

Swedish Gold Coast

GUINEA
Other names: République de Guinée, Riviéres du Sud, French Guinea, Établissements des Riviéres du Sud

• Traditional States
• Benna
• Bramaya
• Dubreca
• Fukumba
• Kanea
• Kinsam
• Koba
• Landuma
• Nalu
• Samburu
• Solima
• Tia
• Timba-Tunni

GUINEA-BISSAU
Other names: Bissau, Cacheu, Portuguese Guinea, República da Guiné-Bissau

Bissau

Cacheu

Portuguese Guinea

Traditional State

N'Gabu

Kenyan traditional states

Pate

Witu

Mombassa

Masai

Nandi

Wanga

LIBERIA
Other name: Cape Mesurado Colony

Port Cresson/Bassa Cove

Edina

Maryland-in-Africa

Mississippi-in-Africa

New Georgia

Tripolitania (Tripoli)

Cyrenaica

Fezzan

Imernia kingdom

French colonies:

Diego Suarez

Fort-Dauphin

Nossi-Bé

Sainte Marie de Madagascar

MALAWI
Other names:  Shiré River Protectorate, British Central Africa Protectorate, Nyasaland

Nyasaland

• Malawian traditional states
• Maravi 
• Nkamanga
• Ngoni dynasties
• Jere or Qeko dynasty
• Maseko or Gomani dynasty

• French Sudan
• Azawad

• Mali traditional states
• Masina
• Segu
• Ka`arta
• Dina (the Sise Jihad state)
• The Tijaniyya Jihad state
• Kenedugu
• Wassulu (from 1880, Samori Empire)

MAURITANIA
Other name: Mauritanie, French Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania 

• Mauritanian traditional states
• Adrar
• Brakna
• Taganit
• Trarza

• Rodrigues Island

MAYOTTE
Other names: Maore, Mawuti

MOROCCO
Other names: al-Magrib, Moroc, Sharifi Moroccan state, Sultanate of Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco, Mamlakah al-Magribiyya

• French Morocco
• Spanish Morocco
• Rif
• Tangier
• Ifni
• Former Portuguese Enclaves
• Mazagan
• Azamor
• Safim
• Arzila
• Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué
• Aguz
• Larache
• Mamora
• Mogador
• Alcacer Ceguer
  

MOZAMBIQUE
Other names: Portuguese East Africa, Moçambique, Zambesi and Soala colony

• Delagoa Bay (Ft. Lydsaamheid)
• Alternative government: RENAMO

• Mozambique traditional states
• Karanga
• Manyika
• Angoshe
• Kitangonya
• Sankul
• amaGaza

NAMIBIA
Other names: Deutsch-Südwestafrika, German South West Africa, South West Africa

• Caprivi Strip
• Upingtonia/Lijdensrust
• Walvis Bay

NIGER
Other name: République du Niger, Nijar, Zinder French military territory 

Niger traditional states

Doso

Maradi

Damagaram

Songhay

Tera

Kokoro

Goruol

Dargol

Berber Sultanate of Aïr

REUNION
Other names: Île de Bourbon, Île de Bonaparte

RWANDA
Other name: Ruanda, Kingdom of Rwanda

Rwandan Hutu kingdoms

Bugama-Kiganda

Buhoma

Bukonya

Bukunzi

Bushiru

Busozo

Bwanamwari

Cyingogo

Impara

Kibari

Ruhengeri

Rwankeri

French Possessions on St. Helena

Ascension

Tristan da Cunha

Gough Island

Inaccessible Island

Nightingale Island

Príncipe

São Tomé

French West Africa

Dakar and Dependencies

Gorée

Casamance

• Senegal traditional states
• Fuuta Tooro
• Wolof states
• Jolof
• Kayor
• Bawol
• Waalo
• Serer states
• Sin
• Saalum
• other states
• Xaaso
• Bundu

SEYCHELLES
Other name: Séchelles

SIERRA LEONE
Other name: Freedom Province

• British West Africa

• Sierra Leone traditional states
• Aku
• Alkali
• Banana (Plantain) Islands
• Biriwa
• Bompey (Bumpe)
• Dembelia-Musaia
• Kafu Bulom
• Kaiyamba
• Ko-Fransa
• Kpaa Mende
• Kpaka (Gallinas)
• Morea (Melakori)
• Nieni
• Nongowa
• Panguma
• Safroko
• Shenge (Kagboro) 
• Susu
• Temne (Koya-Temne)
• Tonko Limba
• Wonkafong
• Yoni

SOMALIA
Other names: Soomaaliya, Egyptian Somaliland, Italian Somalia, British Somaliland
 

Egyptian Somaliland British Somaliland Italian Somalia Jubaland  (Oltro Giuba) Puntland Somaliland Southwestern Somalia

Somalia traditional states Muqdisho/Maqdishu (Mogadiscio) Majerteen (Harti) Hobyo (Obbia) Geledi/Jaladi Noogal/Nugal Warsangeli/Gerad

SOUTH AFRICA
Other names: Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony, Union of South Africa, Azania
 

Prince Edward Islands Cape Colony Graaff-Reinet Swellendam Goshen Stellaland British Bechuanaland Crown  Colony British Kaffraria (Queen Adelaide Land) Idutywa Reserve Natal (Natalia/New Holland) Port Natal Zululand Crown Colony Orange Free State (Orange River Sovereignty)

Transvaal (Holland-African/South-African Republic) Winburg-Potchefstroom/Andries-Ohrigstad/Lijdenburg Utrecht New Republic (Republic of Vrijheid) Little Republic (Republic of Klein Vrijstaat)  Griqua polities Griqualand West (Griquatown/Waterboer's Land) Campbell Lands (Cornelis Kok's Land) Klipdrift Republic (Digger's Republic/Free Republic) Philippolis (Adam Kok's Land) Griqualand East (New Griqualand) Union and Republic South Africa

South African provinces Before 1994 Cape Natal  Orange Free State Transvaal Since 1994 Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng (to 1995, Pretoria-Witwatersrand-    Vereeniging) KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga Northern Cape Northern (from 2002, Limpopo) North-West Western Cape

South African Black homelands Bophuthatswana Ciskei Gazankulu KaNgwane KwaNdebele KwaZulu Lebowa Qwaqwa Transkei Venda

 

South African traditional states   amaHlubi baLobedu kwaNdebele baPedi polities baTswana polities

vhaVenda polities Xhosa polities amaBhaca (until 1830 called abakwaZelemu) amaPondo polities amaPondomise abaThembu amaZizi kwaZulu polities

SOUTH SUDAN
Other names: Southern Sudan, Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, Southern Sudan Region, Nile Provisional Government

• Exile governments
• Lado district
• Shilluk (Chollo)
  

THE SUDAN
Other names: Egyptian Sudan, Mahadist State, Mahdiya, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Egyptian Sudan

Mahdiya  (Mahadist State)

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Abyei Area

Darfur Regional Authority

SWAZILAND
Other name: Kingdom of Swaziland

TANZANIA
Other names: German East Africa, Deutsch-Ostafrika, Tanganyika, Zanzibar

Zanzibar

• Zanzibar traditional states
• Kilwa Kisiwani
• Hadimu
• Tumbatu
• Pemba

TOGO
Other names: République Togolaise, German Togoland, British Togoland, French Togo

German Togland

British Togoland

French Togo

TUNISIA
Other name: Tūnisiyya, Tunisian Regency, Kingdom of Tunisia

UGANDA
Other name: Buganda

Ugandan kingdoms

Ankole (Nkore)

Buganda

Bunyoro-Kitara

Rwenzururu

Tooro (Toro)

WESTERN SAHARA
Other names: Tanezruft Tutrimt, Sáhara Occidental, Spanish West Africa, África Occidental Española, Rio de Oro, Spanish Sahara, Sáhara Español, Saharan Arab Democratic Republic, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR, Jumhūrīyya al-`Arabīyya as-Sahrāwīyya ad-Dimuqrātiyya, Boujdour, Laayoune, Es Semara, Oued el Dahab
 

ZAMBIA
Other names: North Eastern Rhodesia, North Western Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia

North Eastern Rhodesia

North Western Rhodesia

Northern Rhodesia

• Zambian traditional states
• Bemba
• Bulozi (Barotseland)
• Kazembe
• Smaller states
• Jere-Ngoni
• Kahare
• Mutondo
  

ZIMBABWE
Other names: Mashonaland, Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, Zimbawe-Rhodesia
 

• Mashonaland
• Matabeleland
• Southern Rhodesia
• Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
• Rhodesia
• Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

• Zimbabwe traditional states
• Changamire Empire
• other Shona states
• Bocha
• Buhera
• Govera
• Maungwe
• Mbire
• Mhari
• Nhowe
• Shavasha
• Ndebele kingdom
• amaNdebele