I'm sure the french would be happy to see the toppling of Sankara. There's also the former british, spanish and portugese colonies in west africa to go after.
Perhaps a Tanzania-Kenya colony that becomes independent together?
I'm sure the french would be happy to see the toppling of Sankara. There's also the former british, spanish and portugese colonies in west africa to go after.
Perhaps a Tanzania-Kenya colony that becomes independent together?
all of whom are politically associated with France...
The OP is looking for a continental superpower, like the US with the Americas in the 20th century.The 1 major power is that the major power controls or has in its sphere the entirety of the sub-saharan continent.Is anyone going to link Male Rising? There are multiple major African powers, and by the 21st century South Africa, Ethiopia, and whatever confederation emerges around the Male will probably all be great powers. Plus France has integrated Sengal, by the 21st Century France might have the majority of it's wealth in Africa, making it arguably and African power.
With a POD in 1800, create any one African nation, independent or post-colonial, that becomes the strongest nation in Africa(all of sub-Saharan Africa within its sphere of influence, no other nation to challenge regional supremacy) by 2014.
In the wildly improbable instance that Dar El-Islam were to unite as a political entity, surely it would involve most of the Middle East, and would have e.g. Pakistan before it got the Swahili coast, I'd think.How about muslims in Africa form a grand alliance to resist European colonial powers? They are no doubt defeated by some combined european force, but later when they regain their independence they do so as one entity, with significant resources.
In the wildly improbable instance that Dar El-Islam were to unite as a political entity, surely it would involve most of the Middle East, and would have e.g. Pakistan before it got the Swahili coast, I'd think.
A pan-Arab Caliphate stretching from Morroco to Baghdad is not only possible, but history. Such a caliphate lasting? Not sure. A different caliphate composed of wildly different bits of Africa with lousy lines of communication and NOT including the middle east? I just can't see it.
What about Madagascar? If the Merina Kingdom isn't annexed, they could be capable of pulling a Meiji and becoming a regional power, acquiring significant mainland territories by allying with the Entente and the Allies in the World Wars, maintaining their independence into the post-colonial era and eventually bringing the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa into their sphere of influence. It seems cohesive enough, and it has the abundant resources needed to build an industrial base on its own, with coal, steel, oil and gas reserves in abundance.