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History of West Africa

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    Western African Ebola virus epidemic

    2013–2016 major outbreak of Ebola virus disease mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
    Western African Ebola virus epidemic
    Overview: The Western African Ebola virus epidemic (2013–2016) was the most widespread outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in history—causing major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly ...
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    Slavery in Africa

    Slave trade and various forms of slavery in historical Africa
    Slavery in Africa
    Overview: Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa, and still continues today in some countries.
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    Overview: René Victor Marie Barthes (1894–1965) is a colonial administrator, governor general of French West Africa.
    Date of birth: 1894
    Date of death: 1965
    Age: 70 (age at death)
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    French Togoland

    Former French colonial mandate
    French Togoland
    Overview: French Togoland (French: Togo français) was a French colonial League of Nations mandate from 1916 to 1946, and a UN trust territory from 1946 to 1960 in French West Africa. In 1960 it became the independent ...
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    Royal African Company

    English slave trading company
    Royal African Company
    Overview: The Royal African Company (RAC) was an English trading company established in 1660 by the House of Stuart and City of London merchants to trade along the West African coast. It was overseen by the Duke ...
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    Dutch West India Company

    Dutch chartered company responsible for trade and colonization in the New World (1621–1792)
    Dutch West India Company
    Overview: The Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie) was a Dutch chartered company founded in 1621 and went defunct in 1792. Among its founders were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx ...
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    1945 Jos riots

    Series of ethnic conflicts
    Overview: The 1945 Jos riots were a series of ethnic conflicts which occurred in the city of Jos, located in Plateau State, Nigeria, between ethnic Igbos and Hausa-Fulani.
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    Overview: The Igbo–Igala wars refer to a series of conflicts that took place between the Igbo people and the Igala people of Nigeria during the 18th and 19th centuries. These wars were characterized by intense ...
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    Blockade of Africa

    British Royal Navy suppression of the Atlantic slave trade
    Blockade of Africa
    Overview: The Blockade of Africa began in 1808 after the United Kingdom outlawed the Atlantic slave trade, making it illegal for British ships to transport slaves. The Royal Navy immediately established a presence ...
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    Nigerian Civil War

    1967–1970 civil war in Nigeria
    Nigerian Civil War
    Overview: The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War and the Nigerian-Biafran War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), was a war fought between the government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of ...
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    Slave Coast of West Africa

    Historical name of region in West Africa
    Slave Coast of West Africa
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    Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)

    Trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company in the region of Senegal
    Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)
    Overview: Senegambia, also known in Dutch as Bovenkust ("Upper Coast"), was the collective noun for the fortifications and trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company (DWIC) in the region now known as S ...
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    African Company of Merchants

    Chartered company operating in the British gold coast
    Overview: The African Company of Merchants or Company of Merchants Trading to Africa was a British chartered company operating from 1752 to 1821 in the Gold Coast area of modern Ghana, engaged in the Atlantic slave ...
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    Portuguese Gold Coast

    Portuguese colony
    Portuguese Gold Coast
    Overview: The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present-day Ghana) along the Gulf of Guinea. Established in 1482, the colony was officially incorporated into Dutch te ...
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    German West Africa

    German colony
    German West Africa
    Overview: German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) was an informal designation for the areas in West Africa that were part of the German Colonial Empire between 1884 and 1919. The term was normally used for the ...
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    British West Africa

    1821–1888 colonial entity of Britain in West Africa
    British West Africa
    Overview: British West Africa was the collective name for British settlements in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense or the formal colonial administrative entity. British ...
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    Senegambia Confederation

    Confederation of the West African countries of Senegal and the Gambia
    Senegambia Confederation
    Overview: 14°40′N 17°2′W / 14.667°N 17.033°W
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    Portuguese Guinea

    West African colony of Portugal (1588–1974)
    Portuguese Guinea
    Overview: Portuguese Guinea (Portuguese: Guiné Portuguesa), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a Portuguese overseas province in West Africa ...
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    French West Africa

    French colonial federation
    French West Africa
    Overview: French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now G ...
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    Biafra

    Former secessionist state in Nigeria
    Biafra
    Overview: Biafra (bee-AF-rə), officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted ...
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