WebNorth Africa experienced colonisation from Europe and Western Asia in the early historical period, particularly Greeks and Phoenicians.. Under Egypt's Pharaoh Amasis (570–526 BC) a Greek mercantile colony was established at Naucratis, some 50 miles from the later Alexandria. Greeks colonised Cyrenaica around the same time. There was an attempt in …

WebThe "Scramble for Africa" between 1870 and 1914 was a significant period of European imperialism in Africa that ended with almost all of Africa, and its natural resources, being controlled as colonies by a small number of European states.Racing to secure as much land as possible while avoiding conflict amongst themselves, the partition of Africa was …

WebThe history of education in Africa can be roughly divided into pre- and post- colonial periods. Since the introduction of formal education to Africa by European colonists, African education, particularly in West and Central Africa, is characterised by both traditional African teachings and European-style schooling systems.The state of education reflects …

WebThe Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda) was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.. During …

WebGerman South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. With a total area of 835,100 km², it was one and a half times the size of the mainland German Empire in Europe at the time.

WebItalian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Italian Somalia, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire, conquered in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.. Italian East Africa was divided into six governorates.Eritrea and Somalia, Italian possessions …

WebThe South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa.It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing National Party under the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950.The Communist Party was reconstituted …

WebBelgium controlled several territories and concessions during the colonial era, principally the Belgian Congo (modern DRC) from 1908 to 1960 and Ruanda-Urundi (modern Rwanda and Burundi) from 1922 to 1962.It also had small concessions in Guatemala (1843–1854) and in China (1902–1931) and was a co-administrator of the Tangier International Zone in …

WebDiscourse on Colonialism (French: Discours sur le colonialisme) is an essay by Aimé Césaire, a poet and politician from Martinique who helped found the négritude movement in Francophone literature.Césaire first published the essay in 1950 in Paris with Éditions Réclame, a small publisher associated with the French Communist Party (PCF). Five …

WebColonialismo é a política de exercer o controle ou a autoridade sobre um território ocupado e administrado por um grupo de indivíduos com poder militar, ou por representantes do governo de um país ao qual esse território não pertencia, contra a vontade dos seus habitantes que, muitas vezes, são desapossados de parte dos seus bens (como terra …