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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    19th c. << - Establishments in French West Africa in the 20th century 1900s establishments in French West Africa — 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909 1910s establishments in French West Africa — 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919
  3. africa.upenn.edu

    French in West Africa The French in West Africa: Early Contact to Independence Stephen Wooten Department of Anthropology University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Early Contacts Direct European contact in West Africa dates back at least as far as the fifteenth century AD when Portuguese traders made their first links with West African coastal peoples. Previously, Europeans has been aware of and ...
  4. nigerianscholars.com

    Colonial Administration Each colony of French West Africa was administered by a Lieutenant Governor, responsible to the Governor General in Dakar. Only the Governor General received orders from Paris, via the Minister of Colonies. The Minister, with the approval of the French Chamber of Deputies (French National Assembly after 1946), chose Lieutenants Governor and Governors General.
  5. britannica.com

    French West Africa, administrative grouping under French rule from 1895 until 1958 of the former French territories of West Africa: 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
  6. French colonial enterprise in Africa began in 1637, when Claude de Rochefort built fort St. Louis at the mouth of the Senegal river on the west coast and explored the interior for 100 miles. He was followed during the 18th and early 19th centuries by other intrepid explorers who made settlements at Millicourie on the Guinea coast and at Assinie and Grand Bassam on the Ivory Coast, and who ...
  7. library.fiveable.me

    French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa, established in the late 19th century and lasting until the mid-20th century. It played a pivotal role in the context of decolonization after 1900 as it became a focal point for anti-colonial movements and independence efforts across the region.
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