Anglo-French partition of Borgu

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The Anglo-French partition of Borgu was a late 19th-century colonial agreement in West Africa in which Britain and France divided the Borgu region between their respective spheres of influence.

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Anglo-French partition of Borgu canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-French colonial treaty ⓘ
colonial agreement ⓘ
international territorial agreement ⓘ
affects Baatombu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bariba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate frontier regions ⓘ
linked to: Sokoto Caliphate
aimedAt demarcating spheres of influence in West Africa ⓘ
resolving Anglo-French territorial disputes in Borgu ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Borgu ⓘ
linked to: Borgu region

West Africa ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
definesBorderBetween British Nigeria ⓘ
French West Africa ⓘ
diplomaticProcess Anglo-French negotiations over West African boundaries ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of British rule in Northern Nigeria ⓘ
consolidation of French rule in Dahomey and surrounding areas ⓘ
hasCause Anglo-French competition for control of the Niger region ⓘ
European colonial rivalry in West Africa ⓘ
Scramble for Africa ⓘ
hasContext imperial competition along the Niger River ⓘ
late 19th-century European imperialism in Africa ⓘ
hasEffect division of Borgu between British and French spheres of influence ⓘ
establishment of a colonial boundary through Borgu ⓘ
incorporation of parts of Borgu into British Nigeria ⓘ
incorporation of parts of Borgu into French West Africa ⓘ
hasPart British sphere of influence in Borgu ⓘ
French sphere of influence in Borgu ⓘ
influenced modern borders between Nigeria and Benin ⓘ
modern borders between Nigeria and Niger ⓘ
legalForm bilateral colonial agreement ⓘ
locatedInTime late 19th century ⓘ
participant British Empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf wider Anglo-French boundary settlements in West Africa ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-French Convention of 1898 ⓘ
Niger River boundary negotiations ⓘ
colonial boundary-making in West Africa ⓘ
resultedIn creation of a colonial frontier cutting across Borgu communities ⓘ
division of precolonial Borgu polity ⓘ
startTime 1890s ⓘ
subjectOf historiography of the Scramble for Africa ⓘ
studies of colonial boundary formation in Africa ⓘ

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

Borgu region → subjectOf → Anglo-French partition of Borgu ⓘ
Borgu kingdoms → affectedBy → Anglo-French partition of Borgu ⓘ