Map 14.1. West Africa in the age of empire

This map illustrates West Africa in the age of European imperialism and political convulsion in the second half of the nineteenth century.

back to images & maps Scholars usually write of the “Scramble for Africa.” In fact, there were many scrambles, and not just a European one. Africans were also rewriting the map of Africa, for example the Sokoto Caliphate and the empire of Samori Ture. We can only understand the continent’s modern history by bringing together […]