Madagascar was a French colony from 1895 to 1958 and French equatorial Africa was officially established from 1910 to 1958.
Then it is true to assume that they both were colonies in 1914, under the French rule.
French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, French North Africa and French East Africa.
French Equatorial Africa was created in 1910.
French Equatorial Africa ended in 1958.
Gabon was once part of French Equatorial Africa. It gained independence from France in 1960.
Equatorial Guinea is the only country in Africa where Spanish is an official language. Spanish is spoken alongside French and Portuguese in some former Spanish colonies on the continent, such as Western Sahara and parts of Morocco.
Madagascar.
Yes, Madagascar was a colony of France.
Equatorial Guinea or Guinea Equatorial. They speak both Spanish and French, but the official is Spanish.
Equatorial Guinea is the only country in Africa where Spanish is an official language, along with French and Portuguese.
French Equatorial Africa was dissolved in 1960 upon independence from France. It became Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo.
Some French colonies had strong independence movements.
As a colonial power, France ranked second only to England. In 1939 the French colonial empire included: A. In Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, French Morocco, French West Africa, French Equatorial West Africa, French Cameroon, French Togoland, French Somalia, and Madagascar; B. In the Middle East, Lebanon, Syria; and C. In the Far east, the Indo Chinese States of Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos; and D. In the Americas, French Guiana, and Haiti.