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Prelude to m’zungu colonisation of Africa

"Veni, Vidi,"

1642, the French East India Company founded a settlement in southern Madagascar

called Fort Dauphin.

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In 1657, Swedish merchants founded Cape Coast in modern Ghana, but were soon
displaced by the Danish, who founded Fort Christiansborg near modern day Accra.

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In 1677, King Friedrich the Great of Prussia sent an expedition to the western coast of
Africa.

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Overall, European exploration of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was
very limited. Instead they were focused on the slave trade, which only required coastal

bases and items to trade.

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In the mid-nineteenth century, Protestant missions were carrying on active missionary

work on the Guinea coast, in South Africa and in the Zanzibar dominions. Africa was
widely perceived by evangelical Christians as a battleground between Christianity and

Islam, with whichever religion could penetrate remote areas first as the likely winner.
Missionaries visited little-known regions and peoples, and in many instances became

explorers and pioneers of trade and empire.

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As Europeans mapped territory, they established trading companies, entered treaties with

African rulers and began to create colonies within their zones of influence.

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Colonization changed the political map of Africa, as new states were established

following decolonization. The majority of African states owe their existence to the
boundaries drawn by the European powers and do not correspond to earlier political

entities . “

"European Exploration of Africa" 48
New World Encyclopedia

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The Guinea Company London (and its successors)

The Company of Adventurers of London Trading into Africa

" The Company of Adventurers of London Trading to the Ports of Africa, more commonly
known as "The Guinea Company" was a private joint stock company founded to trade in