Category: African history

Sub-Saharan Africa 1901

Lake Chad Rendezvous

In 1899 the Nubian warlord Rabih az-Zubayr had...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1902

Treaty of Vereeniging

The Second Boer War resulted in an uneasy...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1903

Pacification of Northern Nigeria

The 1899 Anglo-French agreement assigned...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1903

Somaliland Campaign

In the late 19th century Mohammed Abdullah...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1904

Herero Wars

German South West Africa was better suited for...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1905

Maji Maji Rebellion

In 1905 revolt broke out in German East Africa...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1906

Conquest of the Sahara

The first French military expeditions crossed...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1907

Consolidation of Ethiopia

By playing the European powers against one...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1908

Belgian Congo

News of atrocities in the Congo Free State -...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1910

Union of South Africa

In the wake of the Second Boer War...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1911

Neukamerun

In 1911 France sent troops to suppress a...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1913

French invasion of the Tibesti

The Anglo-French Treaty of 1899 placed the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914

Amalgamation of Nigeria

By the 1910s the British had mostly pacified...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914

Outbreak of the Great War

In July 1914 World War I broke out in Europe,...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914

Opening Shots in Africa

With the onset of World War I, the French and...