![]() The Portuguese seemed to have gotten around much. Today, the 40,000 Europeans are the descendants of the estimated 70,000 Britons who remained in the country after independence. Unlike Zimbabwe, they were not able to exert much influence on the society as their population had been very small. During this period of colonization, many Europeans came to settle in Zambia. Zambia like Zimbabwe was colonized by the British. The white population of Zimbabwe consists of descendants of the few who remain. They then returned to their countries of origin. The Europeans, however, lost their power after the country gained its independence. They displaced the blacks and took control of the political and economic affairs of the early settlement. Over the 19 th and 20 th century, many Europeans migrated into Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, early Southern Rhodesia, was identified as an area for British settlement. They came to Mauritius to benefit from the profit generated by sugar plantations. The original French settlers were slave-owners. The white population, however, consists mostly of French descendants with a small number of British descendants. The island of Mauritius was first colonized by the Dutch, then it changed hands to France and lastly to the United Kingdom. The population of white population increased after Masie Nguema Biyogo was overthrown. Some returned to Spanish but there were those who stayed. The Spanish came as temporary plantation owners. Spanish Equatoguinean? The white population of Equatorial Guinea is made of persons who are the descendants of the country’s Spanish colonizers. Ghana’s current white population of 20,900 are descendants of the British colonizers. During this time, many Britons came to settle in the country. They ruled Ghana until the country received its independence in 1957. After slavery ended, the British gained control. During the period of slavery, many Europeans came to Ghana. Ghana was one of the main sources of slaves for the European plantations in the Caribbean. These are the fifteen African nations with the highest number of white people. African nations with highest populations of white Africans Today, there is a small population of white Africans who the descendants of the Portuguese, Dutch, English, Italian, Spanish, French and even a few South Americans who originally settled on the continent. ![]() Not many people know, but there are millions of white Africans. ![]() The wealth of the African continent has drawn different groups of Europeans and even some Asians to its shores. Looking to find out where the white Africans are? We list out the African nations with the highest concentration of white people below.
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