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French Sudan
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French Sudan: see Mali Mali , officially Republic of Mali, independent republic (2005 est. pop. 12,292,000), 478,764 sq mi (1,240,000 sq km), the largest country in W Africa. Mali is bordered on the north by Algeria, on the east and southeast by Niger, on the south by Burkina Faso and
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Sudan, French 

a French colony in West Africa, along the upper and middle courses of the Senegal and Niger rivers, in 1894–99 and 1920–58. From 1899 to 1920, the French Sudan, together with Niger and Upper Volta, formed the colony of Upper Senegal and Niger. In 1958 the French Sudan was granted autonomy and became a member of the French Community under the name of the Sudanese Republic. In September 1960, the Sudanese Republic became the independent Republic of Mali.



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0325002584 Litigants and households; African disputes and colonial courts in the French Soudan, 1895-1912.
Richard Roberts, "Marital Instability, Child Custody Disputes, and Social Change in the French Soudan, 1905-1912," unpublished paper presented at the Symposium on Law, Colonialism, and Control Over Children (16 May 1997, Stanford University): 15.
 
 
 
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