Africa in 1880 compared to 1913

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image showing Africa in 1880 compared to 1913

BlackCat159 on July 24th, 2020 at 11:12 UTC »

Why is a quarter of Angola, the land near the Congo and near French Somaliland shown in a lighter color? Were they not directly incorporated into the colonies? Did they have autonomy?

KingJimXI on July 24th, 2020 at 11:14 UTC »

Holy cow, I never realised Egypt extended so far south into Africa.

mordor_fire on July 24th, 2020 at 11:35 UTC »

am from Nigeria(the large cluster in central west africa) we have about 140 spoken languages , but sadly that number is getting lower every year as the older native speakers are dying off