#modernafrica
Mpongwe: they are a Myene-speaking Western #Bantu tribe which occupies territory around the #RiverGabon estuary on the northern coast of #Gabon in #CentralAfrica.

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August 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Baoule #Akan Clan State: the only senior survivor in 1750's #Asante clan war was #AbenaPokou who lost the war & her clan's claim to the throne but who fled west to found #Baoule.

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August 26, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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#CentralAfrica States: these states are classified into three overall phases: native, colonial, and post-colonial, with a variety of names to record.

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June 26, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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#IbrahimTraore #AfricanLeadership #RevolutionaryLeader #ModernAfrica #PoliticalChange #AfricaRising #BookLaunch
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Congo-Leopoldville: in 1960 the new state of #Congo-Leopoldville gained independence from #Belgium and its #BelgianCongo colonial structure as, officially, #RepublicoftheCongo.

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August 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Orungu / Orongous: the Orungu formed a kingdom of the same name before AD 1700, the only important state in the region which would come to be called Gabon.

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August 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#Zobeir Dynasty: this was a short-lived power which formed through extreme violence in territory to the east of #LakeChad, much of which had only recently belonged to the fading #BornuEmpire.

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July 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
DRC: known variously as #DRC (an abbreviation of its full name), #DRCongo, #Congo-Kinshasa (to differentiate it from its neighbour, #Congo-Brazzaville), or simply #Congo.

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July 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
French Equatorial Africa: #France on 15 Jan 1910 formed the Federation of #FrenchColonies out of all its #CentralAfrica colonial possessions, along with many later revisions.

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July 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Biafra: Nigeria's Ibo-dominated eastern three states seceded in 1967 as the republic of #Biafra, albeit not universally recognised.

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January 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
August 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
French Dahomey: the entire #colonial holding was rebranded in 1894 to include the entire #Dahomey kingdom, held until it became autonomous in 1958.

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January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Modern Mali: one of the world's poorest countries, #Mali has suffered not only from #dictatorship but has also witnessed drought, rebellion, and several military #coups.

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December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Modern Angola: this gained independence in 1975 as the People's Republic of #Angola without any official handover or preparation, and was immediately caught up in a #ColdWar power struggle.

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July 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Modern #Benin: the coastal state of #Allada and the inland kingdom of #Dahomey both claimed land in today's Benin's borders, unlike the #Edo / Benin empire which largely lay in #Nigeria.

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January 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Map of Central #Africa AD 1897: #CentralAfrica in the 1800s was a land of shifting borders, with small states expanding to incorporate tribal societies & European powers making strides in control.

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June 29, 2026 at 6:59 PM
#ZuluNation: was descended from the #Nguni, a group which established itself in the #SouthAfrica region in the 1600s as #Bantu-Speakers who had been migrating down the east coast of #Africa.

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August 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
July 29, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Basuto: the #Basuto name roughly translates as the 'country of the #Sesotho speaking people', with this country's founders being a mixture of #Bantu speaking Sotho (or #Basotho) and #Tswana people.

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August 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Empire of Central #Africa: control was seized in 1966 by #JeanBedelBokassa and, just a decade later, he had himself declared #emperor with the republic as his own empire of #CentralAfrica.

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July 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Zande: the Zande recognise a single ancestor by the name of Ngoura, who lived at the end of the eighteenth century and is believed to have died around 1800.

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#history #historyfiles #Zande #Africa #modernafrica #Ngoura #CentralAfrica
July 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Vou-Kpata: this group's supreme chief established a capital on the sacred hill of #Mbounguia, about 20km east of the later city of #Bangassou in today's #CAR.

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July 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Mtetwa: this clan state was a #BantuSpeaking tribal group which developed in today's union of #SouthAfrica, seemingly after following the same broad migratory path as the proto #Swazi through #EastAfrica.

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August 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Central African Republic: full #independence was gained in 1960, along with many of the s former #sultanates, but the republic was short-lived as it was seized in 1966.

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July 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Sultanate of #Bangassou: this was descended from a #Bandia state on the #Ubangi in the late 1600s when the region was being settled by various groups from all directions.

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July 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM