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FrenchWestAfrica, administrative grouping under French rule from 1895 until 1958 of the former French territories of WestAfrica: Senegal, French Guinea, the Ivory Coast, and the French Sudan, to which Dahomey (Benin) was added in 1899. Certain territories of the Sudan were grouped together under the name Senegambia and Niger (Sénégambie-Niger; 1903), which was transformed into Upper ...
FrenchWestAfrica (French: Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Côte d'Ivoire, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960.
The term 'balkanization', as applied to colonial policy in Africa, frequently suggests a European 'divide and rule' policy, intended to fragment pre-existing African unity. An examination of the policy of France towards the former federation of FrenchWestAfrica indicates that the term is inaccurate to describe French policy.
Pelumi Obisesan. Considering France's colonial legacy in WestAfrica and its recent debacle with countries in the Sahel region, an old Yoruba proverb rings through my mind "Òosà bí ò le gbè mí, șe mí bí o șe bá mi" - which loosely translates to "a deity that cannot improve one's life, should at least leave it as it is."With events spanning from the subtle shades of ...
FRANCE AND FRAGMENTATION IN WESTAFRICA: I945-I960 3I9 was to attract French private and public investment funds to supplement federal revenue. The existence of the Federation, with a Governor-General similar to the one in French Indo-China, served to guarantee the security of such investments. Federal 'financial independence', therefore,
Dec 14, 2023Africa is endowed with abundant natural resources. There is no reason why the continent should have all the natural and intellectual resources, and yet be the least developed continent in the world. The presence of the French military in Francophone Africa has increasingly fueled the widespread sense of resentment across WestAfrica (Faye, 2023).
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