French West Africa
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French West Africa Following the establishment of French settlements on the African west coast in 1659 and a gradual extension of the French West African territory during the nineteenth century, it was created a colonial territory under a governor-general in 1904. In 1942, it switched its allegiance from the
Vichy government to de
Gaulle. In 1946 it became an overseas territory of the
French Union, but as a result of strong nationalist pressures in the constituent colonies, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Mauritania were given greater autonomy as part of the
French Community in 1958 (to achieve independence in 1960), while Guinea insisted on immediate independence, also in 1958.
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The end of French Africa
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 6/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...there are considerable French interests in Brazzaville...capital of the former French Equatorial Africa. Geographically it...and the beginnings of west Africa. Economically it has...at his meeting with French-African leaders at...
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ANALYSIS: CONGO TESTS FRENCH AFRICA POLICY
News Wire article from: United Press International; 6/26/2003; 700+ words
; ...needs us like we need Africa, including for our...Skeptics suggested the French government had entered...and later -- with West African governments...of the pillars of West Africa would have gone down...pie. A day after French troops arrived in...
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Analysis: Congo tests French Africa policy.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 6/26/2003; 700+ words
; ...needs us like we need Africa, including for our...Skeptics suggested the French government had entered...and later -- with West African governments...of the pillars of West Africa would have gone down...pie. A day after French troops arrived in...
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Ex-French Africa Still Stumbling, 18 Months After Fall of Its Franc; 50 Percent Devaluation, Ordered by Paris, Imposed Spartan Finances
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/17/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...from a once-indulgent French government. That indulgence...Community (CFA from the French), or Franc Zone, are...direct carry-over from French colonial times and its...since the devaluation is west Africa's Ivory Coast, long...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The palms sway. (democracy in French Africa) (International)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/2/1990; 700+ words
; ...whole idea. Some governments in French-speaking West Africa are trying, mainly unsuccessfully...made Gabon into sub-Saharan Africa's most prosperous state, with...military assistance. The 600 French soldiers in Ivory Coast stayed...
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Bombardier scores sale in French Africa with Q300 for Air Senegal International.
M2 Presswire; 12/20/2000; 700+ words
; ...2000-BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE: Bombardier scores sale in French Africa with Q300 for Air Senegal International (C)1994...Senegal International, Royal Air Maroc is expanding in West Africa. Once operational in February, Air Senegal International...
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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO French West Africa Ever since French traders landed on the West African coast in the 15th century, it has enjoyed a pervading Gallic influence. That is what unifies the 10 countries of this fascinating region, but it is their cultural diversity and stunning natural beauty that really appeals.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; FRENCH WEST AFRICA? It started as exploration and ended as colonisation. French traders landed on the West African coast...restored to independence by 1960. Today, French West Africa comprises Benin (formerly Dahomey...
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Conflicted missionaries: power and identity in French West Africa during the 1930s.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...administration in the federation of French West Africa (AOF--Afrique Occidentale...that threatened the future of French power in West Africa. (4) This reflected the...in the colonized context of French West Africa. The government general...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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CHRISTOPHER ASSAILS FRENCH ON AFRICA.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/13/1996; 697 words
; ...former colonies in Africa greater independence...colonies, mostly in West and Central Africa. Speaking to a...Wednesday by the French minister for foreign...Mali, a former French colony, as the initial stop on the Africa trip, a five...
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Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa.(Review)
Magazine article from: Africa; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa. African Studies 94, Cambridge...paperback. The unification of French West Africa in 1895 created a single enormous...Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa, and the text suffers because...
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French West Africa
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
French West Africa, federation of the French colonies...appointed high commissioner for Black Africa (French West and French Equatorial Africa...only the governor-general of French West Africa as French Equatorial Africa rallied...
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French Equatorial Africa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
French Equatorial Africa An administrative amalgamation of French colonies in central-west Africa formed in 1910, from which the modern states of the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon, and most of Cameroon (added to the territory...
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French empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...1881), and by 1912 MOROCCO , MADAGASCAR , and French Somaliland ( DJIBOUTI ) had been added to FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA and FRENCH WEST AFRICA to make the African empire 20 times the size of France itself. Britain frustrated French aspirations...
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Agency Africa
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...the Libyan–Tunisian border to French West Africa, but, posing as a wealthy porridge-making...organized nine outposts in Algeria, Tunisia, French Morocco, and Dakar in French West Africa. His intelligence officers were Polish but...
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French Guiana
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
...calling it Guiana, the French form of an American Indian...Location and Geography. French Guiana is on the northern...between Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east...the Atlantic Ocean from French Guiana. The most important...their native central Africa. Linguistic Affiliation...
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