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| c. 1600 |
| | | The Yoruba develop an extensive empire centred on Oyo in southern Nigeria | |
|  | Beaded crown of a Yoruba ruler
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
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| c. 1625 |
| | | Three brothers among the Dahomey people establish a long-lasting kingdom in the Bight of Benin | |
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| 1638 |
| | | The French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west Africa | |
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| 1661 |
| | | The British establish Fort James on an island in the Gambia river | |
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| c. 1770 |
| | | The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves | |
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| 1787 |
| | | A British ship lands a party of freed slaves as the first modern settlers in Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa | |
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| 1795 |
| | | Mungo Park sets off on his first expedition to explore the Niger on behalf of the African Association | |
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| 1808 |
| | | The British government uses Freetown, in Sierra Leone, as a base in the fight against the slave trade | |
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| 1809 |
| | | The Fulani establish a capital at Sokoto, from which they dominate the Hausa kingdoms of northern Nigeria | |
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| 1816 |
| | | The British establish Bathurst (now Banjul) at the mouth of the Gambia as a base against the slave trade | |
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