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French West Africa, former federation of eight French overseas territories. The constituent territories were Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea (now Guinea), French Sudan (now Mali), Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). The federation was created in 1895 to consolidate the French holdings in W Africa and was definitively constituted in 1904. It was ruled by a governor-general, who resided first in Saint-Louis Saint-Louis (săN-lwē), city (1988 pop. 160,689), NW Senegal, a port at the mouth of the Senegal River. ..... Click the link for more information. , then in Dakar Dakar (dəkär`, dä–), city (1988 pop. ..... Click the link for more information. . During World War II the federation supported the Vichy government until Nov., 1942, when it accepted the authority of the Free French. In 1958 the constituent territories became autonomous republics in the French Community French Community, established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the French Union . Its members consisted of the French Republic, which included metropolitan France (continental France, Corsica, Algeria and the Sahara), the overseas ..... Click the link for more information. , except for Guinea, which became independent. The federation was dissolved in 1959. French West AfricaFormer federation of French dependencies, western Africa. It consisted of what are now the independent republics of Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. The capital was at Dakar. The federation was established in 1895 and dissolved 1958–59. By 1960 the former colonial territories had become independent republics. French West Africa a former group (1895--1958) of French Overseas Territories: consisted of Senegal, Mauritania, French Sudan, Burkina-Faso, Niger, French Guinea, the Ivory Coast, and Dahomey How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Senegal is the former capital of Colonial French West Africa. Jean Prouve manufactured two prototypes of a tropical house that were air-shipped to French West Africa in 1951 (AR December 2005), but he, too, was soon out of business. As it turned out, the little building was purely utilitarian, a prefabricated house conceived and built by the French constructeur Jean Prouve for use in colonial French West Africa. |
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