The Sunset of Colonialism in Africa

Author: Adriana Manna

Top Row: Maps illustrating African territorial subdivision in the years 1880, 1914, and 2010. Bottom row: Stacked plot showing changes in the distribution of African territory over time among independent (blue-shaded) and dominated (red-yellow-shaded) regions. White areas indicate unassigned territory. The horizontal axis represents time in years and the vertical axis, indicates the share of African territory. Data source: https://historicborders.app/