British Empire in Northern Africa

Sultan Barghash of Zanzibar signed an anti-slavery treaty with Britain

1872

Sultan Barghash of Zanzibar signed an anti-slavery treaty with Britain
British influence became politically dominant but was challenged on the commercial level by the Germans.

3rd Ashanti war

1873

Somaniland protectorate

1884

reinforced 1898 with military and administrative presence to limit French and Italian ambitions. it's location was crucial as there was access to the Indian Ocean.

Zanzibar becomes protectorate

1890

Puppet leader Hamad Bun Thuwaini. Hamoud bin Mohammed replaced Khalid bin Barghash as the Sultan of Zanzibar on August 27, 1896. Following the 38-minute Anglo-Zanzibari War, the British installed Hamoud, their preferred candidate, after Khalid seized power without permission upon the death of the previous Sultan, Hamad bin Thuwaini

Treaty with Germany

1890

Germany took Tanganyika, British took Kenya and Uganda

Uganda becomes Protectorate

1894

King Mungda singed 1890 treaty with lord lugard, ceding powers over trade, revenue, and justice to the British East Africa Company.

Kenya made into the East Africa protectorate

1895

Already in the British sphere of influence since the Berlin conference (1884) as it offered a route from the coast to Uganda. 9 month war between British and Mahrak Bin Rashid until he fled and Kenya became part of the British East Africa protectorate with some parts of South Sudan and Uganda

Sierra leone=protectorate

1896

Uganda railway constructed

Period: 1896 to 1901

32,000 Indian indentured labourers built it. 2500 labourers died and 6500 were injured.

North Nigeria is a British colony

1900

Ashantiland absorbed into gold coast colony

1902

Royal Niger company made into colony (South Nigeria)

1906

Nigeria United

1914