Journey through the people, cities and ideas that shaped Ivory Coast, from prehistoric communities to the republic of today.
Follow early trade routes, Kong, Gyaaman, Baoulé and Anyi kingdoms, French colonial rule, independence and contemporary Ivory Coast.
Explore eight historical periods, rulers and heads of government, and 32 chapters of territorial change.
Kings and chiefs, colonial governors, heads of state, prime ministers and parallel leaders.
A Journey Through the Ages
Ivory Coast connects forest, savanna and Atlantic coast, from early communities and trade routes to Kong, Gyaaman, Baoulé and Anyi kingdoms, colonial rule and independence. Explore 405 events across eight periods.
1,000,000,000 BCE – 999
Stone Age sites, early farmers, the Iron Age and the first Kru, Mande, Gur and Akan communities.
1000 – 1699
Dyula and trans-Saharan trade, Begho, Kong's beginnings, Portuguese and European coastal contacts and the naming of the 'Ivory Coast'.
1700 – 1842
The Kong Empire, the Baoulé migration under Abla Pokou, Gyaaman and the Anyi kingdoms between Asante and the Sahel.
1843 – 1904
The 1843 treaties, Binger, Samori Touré, the colony of 1893 and the French conquest.
1905 – 1950
Forced labour, cocoa and coffee, Upper Volta, Vichy, the PDCI-RDA and the abolition of forced labour.
1951 – 1993
The Loi-cadre, independence in 1960, the Ivorian miracle and the end of one-party rule.
1994 – 2010
Ivoirité, the 1999 coup, the 2002 rebellion, partition and the long peace process.
2011 – present
The 2010-11 crisis, Gbagbo's ICC trial, Ouattara's presidency, AFCON wins and the 2025 election.
From the Stone Age to the Present
From early Dyula traders and the Kong, Gyaaman, Baoulé and Anyi kingdoms to the French colony, independence, the civil war and today’s republic. See who held each part of Côte d’Ivoire, and when it changed.
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Kong, Gyaaman, Baoulé and Anyi histories connect regional authority with trade, migration and cultural exchange.
Communities across these landscapes developed distinct traditions connected through inland networks and Atlantic commerce.
Colonial rule, independence, the cocoa economy, civil conflict and reconstruction shaped modern Ivory Coast.
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