Portuguese Explorations and West Africa The expeditions were sponsored by Prince Henry of Portugal, who founded a center for seamanship around 1420 and earned himself the title of the Navigator. The Portuguese-speaking African countries (Portuguese: Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa; PALOP), also known as Lusophone Africa, consist of six African countries in which the Portuguese language is an official language: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and, since 2011, Equatorial Guinea. Due to several technological and cultural advantages, Portugal dominated world trade for nearly 200 years, from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century. The Portuguese also held important islands in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. By 1750 Portuguese colonies in Africa were limited to Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea, but colonial rule was more pronounced in the first two colonies. Access to commodities such as fabrics, spices, and gold motivated a European quest for a faster means to reach South Asia. During this period Portuguese colonies, especially Angola, remained the supply base for the Brazilian slave trade. The Portuguese inhabitants of Cape Verde initiated new types of tropical agriculture and farming. Afonso de Albuquerque’s dream was an infusion of Portuguese blood into each of the colonies. Not just English but other European languages are finding their centre of gravity shifting to Africa. The spread of decolonization and the establishment of independent states whose… During this period Portuguese colonies, especially Angola, remained the supply base for the Brazilian slave trade. For more than a decade prior to 1974 Portugal fought insurgencies in Angola, Portuguese Guinea, and Mozambique. For 500 years Portugal had colonies in Africa. The Portuguese were the first to explore and settle in Sub-Saharan Africa as they made their way along the African coast in the 1400s. These are the remains of the first European country that explored the world in search of spices and souls. It was this search that led the Portuguese down the coast of West Africa to Sierra Leone in 1460. By 1750 Portuguese colonies in Africa were limited to Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea, but colonial rule was more pronounced in the first two colonies. Portugal established Cape Verde around 1440 and continued to build successful colonies through the early 20 th century. In 1960, as liberation movements swept across colonial Africa, the Portuguese flag still flew over vast expanses of territory across the continent. Wars of Colonial Portuguese Africa. Portugal was both the first and the last of the great European colonial powers. 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