African Colonizers and Capitals

Algeria

France

Algiers

Angola

Portugal

Luanda

Benin

France

Porto-Novo

Botswana

Britain

Gaborone

Burkina Faso

France

Ouagadougou

Burundi

Germany, then Belgium

Gitega

Cameroon

Germany, then France and Britain

Yaounde

Cape Verde

Portugal

Praia

Central African Republic

France

Bangui

Chad

France

N’Djamena

Comoros

France

Moroni

Congo

Belgium

Brazzaville

Democratic Republic of Congo

Belgium

Kinshasa

Cote d’Ivoire

France

Yamoussoukro

Djibouti

France

Djibouti

Egypt

Britain

Cairo

Equatorial Guinea

Portugal, then Spain

Ciudad de la Paz

Eritrea

Italy then Britain then Ethiopia

Asmara

Ethiopia

None

Addis Ababa

Gabon

France

Libreville

Gambia

Britain

Banjul

Ghana

Britain

Accra

Guinea

France

Conakry

Guinea-Bissau

Portugal

Bissau

Kenya

Britain

Nairobi

Lesotho

Britain

Maseru

Liberia

American Colonization Society

Monrovia

Libya

Italy

Tripoli

Madagascar

France

Antanarivo

Malawi

Britain

Lilongwe

Mali

France

Bamako

Mauritania

France

Nouakchott

Mauritius

The Netherlands then France then Britain

Port Louis

Morocco

France and Spain (different parts but at the same time)

Rabat

Mozambique

Portugal

Maputo

Namibia

Germany then South Africa

Windhoek

Niger

France

Niamey

Nigeria

Britain

Abuja

Rwanda

Germany then Belgium

Kigali

São Tomé and Principe

Portugal

São Tomé

Senegal

France (but at points, Portugal, The Netherlands, Britain)

Dakar

Seychelles

France then Britain

Victoria

Sierra Leone

Britain

Freetown

Somalia

Britain, Italy, and France (all at the same time but different parts)

Mogadishu

South Africa

The Netherlands then Britain

Pretoria

Sudan

Egypt then Egypt and Britain

Khartoum

South Sudan

Egypt then Egypt and Britain

Juba

Eswatini

South Africa (Dutch-led) then Britain

Mbabane

Tanzania

Germany then Britain

Dodoma

Togo

Germany then Britain and France

Lome

Tunisia

France

Tunis

Uganda

Britain

Kampala

Zambia

Britain

Lusaka

Zimbabwe

Britain

Harare