Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Present Name
(Date of Independence)
Colonial Name
Africa
*Benin (1960)
Dahomey
*Botswana (1966)
Bechuanaland
*Burkina Faso (1960)
Upper Volta
*Burundi (1962)
German East Africa; Ruanda-Urundi
*Central African Republic (1960)
French Equatorial Africa
*Chad (1960)
French Equatorial Africa
Congo (1960)
French Equatorial Africa or Middle Congo
*Djibouti (1977)
French Somaliland
*Equatorial Guinea (1968)
Spanish Guinea
Ghana (1957)
Gold Coast
*Guinea (1958)
French West Africa
*Guinea-Bissau (1974)
Portuguese Guinea
*Lesotho (1966)
Basutoland
*Malawi (1964)
British Protectorate of Nyasaland
*Mali (1960)
French Sudan
Namibia (1990)
German South-West Africa
*Rwanda (1962)
German East Africa; Ruanda-Urundi
*Tanzania (1964)
Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Zaire (1960)
Belgian Congo
Zambia (1964)
Northern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
In 1965, Rhodesia declared itself an independent white-minority government free from Great Britain. Fol-
lowing a protracted guerrilla war, the white government agreed to democracy, leading to a black majority
government in 1978. The name was later changed to Zimbabwe Rhodesia and independence was formally
recognized in 1980. The country is now known as Zimbabwe.
Asia
*Bangladesh (1971)
East Pakistan
*Myanmar (1948)
Burma
Sri Lanka (1948)
Ceylon
Vietnam
French Indo-China
