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| 1874 |
| | | The southern region of present-day Ghana becomes a British colony, to be known as the Gold Coast | |
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| 1879 |
| | | George Goldie and British traders on the Niger form the United African Company (later the Royal Niger Company) to consolidate their interests | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Bismarck launches the colonial scramble for Africa by suddenly annexing three territories for Germany (Togo, Cameroon and Angria Pequena) | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Gustav Nachtigal arrives in Togo and persuades local chiefs to accept the protection of the German emperor | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Gustav Nachtigal, moving on to Cameroon, annexes this region too for the new German empire | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Bismarck invites the European powers to a West Africa Conference in Berlin | |
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| 1889 |
| | | France and Britain agree colonial boundaries for Senegal and Gambia in west Africa | |
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| 1892 |
| | | The French establish a protectorate in part of the ancient kingdom of Dahomey in west Africa | |
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| 1893 |
| | | France claims the Ivory Coast (or Côte d'Ivoire) in west Africa as a French colony | |
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| 1897 |
| | | The British burn Benin City in a punitive expedition after members of a British delegation are murdered | |
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