Talk:White Africans of European ancestry

White Nigerians

There is no way in hell Nigeria or west Africa would have that number of White people than southern africa where they settled. I have never come across such data. Where is all this cake information coming from..? Very misleading Seakrate (talk) 04:22, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes there are white people in Nigeria all over the country, but they are few and far between and that's an understatement. Unless your in a bigger city like Lagos Abuja or Port Harcourt, you may never find a white person in Nigeria. You may see some expats working for the government or diplomats in embassies or there for some event. Representatives for multinational corporations are also often white and of course your tourists which will likely be near the nicer parts of the bigger cities Seakrate (talk) 04:44, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I personally think it comes from some confusion of whether Lebanese people are considered white, I believe there is a rather Lebanese community throughout West Africa. Possibly some study included them which has then been passed on as correct on this page. SailingOn (talk) 23:58, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

An history section about the European presence in Africa

This page give the false impression that the European presence in Africa began with the colonization. The settlement of Europeans in North and subsaharan Africa can be traced from the 20th century BC (more or less)

Interchangeability of colonies, colonists, etc and settlements and settlers

Hello all,

It has come to my attention that the terms "colonisation", "colonists", and "colonised" have been used in a blanket manner to replace the terms "settlement", "settlers", and "settled" in the overview section of the article. It looks like a contributor simply replaced them with zero regard for context whatsoever, using a word search function. This is problematic for several reasons.

Firstly, colonisation is not interchangeable with settlement. Most European colonies established in Africa failed to attract significant degree of European settlement. They existed primarily for resource extraction, nothing more. This is a necessary distinction we have to make when we're discussing European settlement patterns on the continent, as opposed to merely where Europeans built mines, infrastructure, and forts rather than permanent homes. Following this line of thinking, there is a second distinction that must be made when we're discussing Europeans colonising African territories and Europeans settling African territories. For example, while it is correct to state that Europeans both colonised and settled Southern Rhodesia or Angola, it is only correct to note that Europeans colonised Nyasaland; very few settled there.

"Colonists" and "settlers" are mostly interchangeable, so I'm OK leaving those changes as is.

The recent revert of the page by anon contributor revealed these word changes, and as the original author of the overview section I'm disappointed by the intellectual laziness demonstrated by whoever replaced that language in such a ham-fisted, indiscriminate manner without due consideration of context. I'm reverting the word choice for the most part, as well as a quote from the Christian Science Monitor which was edited so it no longer actually reflects the original quote.

Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 12:39, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Barbary Pirates? Ottoman Jannisaries? Roman Conquests?

There is much work to be done here. 2001:1970:5163:1200:0:0:0:D48B (talk) 02:53, 7 October 2022 (UTC)