African Country by History

This country is named after an ancient Berber kingdom that was not located on the location of the modern country.

The capital of the Wassoulou Empire, Bissandugu, is now located within this country.

The capital of Maravi, a Bantu kingdom, was located within what is now this country.

This country existed as an independent kingdom between 1680 and 1890, after which it was a colony of Germany then Belgium until 1962. It then became an independent kingdom again until 1966. In November of that year, the prime minister Michel Micombero abolished the monarchy.

The ruins of the city of Carthage can be found in this country.

This country is named after a medieval stone city, home to a structure known as the Great Enclosure.

What is now this country was sighted by Vasco da Gama in 1503, and the crew of the English East India Company ship the Ascension were the first recorded people to land in this country in 1608.

This country changed its name in 2018.

The capital of the Kingdom of Kongo is now located in this country.

Parts of what are now this country were controlled by the Jolof Empire, with its capital Linguère now located in a department of the same name.

There was a civil war in this country between 1st October 1990 and 18th July 1994, which arose from a long-running dispute between two of the country's largest ethnic groups.

The Nok culture, the Kingdom of Nri and the Aro Confederacy were all located within this country.

One of the islands of this country was discovered by the explorers João de Santarém and Pêro Escobar on 21st December 1471.

The oldest European colonial settlement in the tropics can be found in this country.

When the explorer Zheng He visited the city of Malindi, now located in this country, as part of the Ming treasure voyages, the city's ruler sent a personal envoy with a giraffe as a present to China with the fleet.

The Herero and Namaqua genocide, which occurred within what is now this country, was the first genocide of the 20th century. Between 24,000 and 100,000 Hereros and 10,000 Namaqua were killed by the German Empire.

The city of Sofala, located in what is now this country, was founded by Swahili merchants and later became the chief seaport of the Kingdom of Mutapa.

The former rulers of this country occasionally controlled Mayotte.

The predecessor of this country formed from the unification of four colonies, and was a self-governing dominion of the British Empire.

The Sao civilisation existed around the lake on the border of this country, which also shares its name with the country.