Browse by Era

Facts and historical events organized chronologically, from ancient kingdoms to the present day.

• Ancient & Precolonial Africa Before 1500
• Atlantic Slave Trade & Early Colonial Contact 1500 – 1879
• The Colonial Era & the Scramble for Africa 1880 – 1949
• Independence & Liberation 1950 – 1979
• Post-Independence & the Cold War 1980 – 1999
• Contemporary Africa 2000 – Present