African countries that changed their names after colonialism

1. eSwatini (formerly Swaziland)
2. Cabo Verde (formerly Cape Verde)
3. Namibia (formerly South-West Africa)
4. Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
5. Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia)
6. Benin (formerly Dahomey)
7. Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia)
8. Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland)
9. Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)
10.Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)
11.DRC (formerly Zaire / Belgian Congo)
12.Ghana (formerly Gold Coast)
13.Mali (formerly French Sudan)
14.Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
15.Djibouti (French Territory of the Afars and Issas)
16. Equatorial Guinea (formerly Spanish Guinea)
17. Guinea-Bissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea)