Atlas

Each point is a locator for a published case’s geographical context — not a border, capital or claim. Everything on the map is also in the list below, which works without the map.

Historical period

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  • Independence movements
  • Political status and decolonisation
  • Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
  • Historical independence
  • Unification and territorial transfer
  • Group of nearby locators — select to zoom

Shapes and colours never indicate legitimacy; collections are also named in the list.

Map data and boundary policy

Basemap: Natural Earth 4.1.0 land polygons (world-atlas@2.0.2), Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Land polygons only. No political boundaries are drawn by the basemap. Case boundaries appear only from approved, sourced geometry records, each labelled with its layer type, dates and provenance. Map policy.

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Cases on the map

12 cases matching West Africa. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
CaseCollectionRegionMap
Azawad Independence movements West Africa
Bakassi political-status claims Independence movements West Africa
Biafra Historical independence West Africa
Cape Verde Historical independence West Africa
Casamance Historical independence West Africa
Ghana Historical independence West Africa
Guinea-Bissau Historical independence West Africa
Niger Delta political-status movements Autonomy and Indigenous self-government West Africa
Ogoni self-government Autonomy and Indigenous self-government West Africa
Tuareg self-determination beyond Azawad Independence movements West Africa
Western Togoland Independence movements West Africa
Yoruba independence / Oduduwa proposals Independence movements West Africa