British West Africa

E91497
former colonial administrative grouping historical region

British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
British West Africa canonical 7
British Nigeria 4
British Empire in West Africa 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial administrative grouping ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Accra ⓘ
Bathurst ⓘ
Freetown ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
colonialPolicy indirect rule ⓘ
colonialPower Great Britain ⓘ
colonialType crown colony ⓘ
protectorate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency British West African pound ⓘ
dissolved mid 20th century ⓘ
economicActivity cash crop production ⓘ
cocoa export ⓘ
groundnut export ⓘ
palm oil trade ⓘ
governedBy Colonial Office ⓘ
includes Ashanti ⓘ
Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ⓘ
surface form: British Togoland

The Gambia ⓘ
surface form: Gambia Colony and Protectorate

Ghana ⓘ
Gold Coast ⓘ
Gold Coast Colony ⓘ
Lagos Colony ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate

Northern Territories of the Gold Coast ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Southern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southern Nigeria Protectorate

The Gambia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
linkedBy West African Currency Board ⓘ
West African postal system ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
nowPartOf Ghana ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
successor independent state of Ghana ⓘ
independent state of Nigeria ⓘ
independent state of Sierra Leone ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
surface form: independent state of The Gambia
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
usedCommonCurrency British West African pound ⓘ
usedLegalSystem English common law ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French West Africa → borderedBy → British West Africa ⓘ
West African Frontier Force → region → British West Africa ⓘ
German Kamerun → borderedBy → British West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Nigeria
British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Nigeria
British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Africa ⓘ
Northern Territories of the Gold Coast → partOf → British West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British West African territories
First Republic of Nigeria → colonialPredecessor → British West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Nigeria
Lagos Race Course → locatedIn → British West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Nigeria
Gold Coast Colony → partOf → British West Africa ⓘ
British West African pound → country → British West Africa ⓘ
British West African pound → usedInColonialAdministrationOf → British West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British West African colonies
Lagos Colony → partOf → British West Africa ⓘ
War of the Golden Stool → militaryCampaignOf → British West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Empire in West Africa
West African Currency Board → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Africa ⓘ