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British Overseas Territories in Africa
The British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena includes Saint Helena Island, Ascension Island, and a group of islands known as the Tristan da Cunha Islands.
Ascension Island
Saint Helena Island
Tristan da Cunha
Formerly Part of the British Colonial Empire
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(was Bechuanaland, independent since 1967)
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(UK had western provinces)
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Gambia
(independent since 1965)
Ghana
(was British Gold Coast, independent since 1957)
Kenya
(was British East Africa, independent since 1963)
Lesotho
(formerly Basutoland, independent since 1966)
Malawi
(was Nyasaland)
Nigeria
(independent since 1960)
Orange Free State
Sierra Leone
(independent since 1961)
Somaliland (now unrecognized Republic of Somaliland)
South Africa
(was Union of South Africa and British SA)
Swaziland
(independent since 1968)
Sudan
(was Anglo-Egyptian Sunda)
Tanzania
(was Tanganyika, independent since 1964)
Uganda
(was British East Africa, independent since 1962)
Zambia
(was Northern Rhodesia)
Zanzibar
(independent or part of Tanzania since 1963?)
Zimbabwe
(was Southern Rhodesia)
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Wikipedia on the Scramble for Africa
World Fact Book on the Saint Helena British Territory
Wikipedia on the British Empire
Map of All British Overseas Territories
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