Old Map of Africa. Most of Africa was Sudan

from “o j_k” odundo@ . . .
date Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:41 PM
subject Old Map of Africa. Most of Africa was Sudan

I came across this 100 year old map of Africa. What I found most interesting is that most of West and Central Africa was referred to as Sudan, Congo was called Congo Independent State and Uganda was just a tiny parcel. I wonder if there are scholars among us who can explain these out.