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From article The French in West Africa: Early Contact to Independence Stephen Wooten Department of Anthropology University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

The Brazzaville Conference of 1944 and the new Constitution of the Fourth Republic in France paid heed to growing calls for reform in Africa. Reforms which included African representation in the French National Assembly and the increase of local councils in West Africa where Africans could participate in local governance were proposed and slowly accepted. The rise of political parties and nationalist programs in french West Africa grew steadily. Parties such as Houphouet-Boigny's RDA (Rassemblement democratique africain) and Senghor's Convention africaine gained support. In 1956 the French passed the loi cadre, or enabling law, which allowed local government for individual territories in French West Africa. It is important to note that the colony itself did not receive this right, rather it was applied to sub-sets of the colony. It has been suggested that this fragmentation was an attempt by France to create a destabilized and fragmented West Africa, perhaps in hopes of gaining an upper hand in the approaching post-colonial period (Crowder, 1990: 78). By 1960, the territories of French West Africa had achieved independence. The new nations were faced with a difficult future as autonomous states with little to draw upon in their move towards the future. French interest in their former territory in west Africa continues to this day.

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Continental West Africa:

  • Liberia (July 26, 1847)
  • Ghana (March 6, 1957)
  • Guinea (October 2, 1958)
  • Togo (April 27, 1960)
  • Mali (June 20, 1960)
  • Senegal (June 20, 1960)
  • Benin (August 1, 1960)
  • Niger (August 3, 1960)
  • Burkina Faso (August 5, 1960)
  • Ivory Coast (August 7, 1960)
  • Nigeria (October 1, 1960)
  • Mauritania (November 28, 1960)
  • Sierra Leone (April 27, 1961)
  • Gambia (February 18, 1965)
  • Guinea-Bissau (September 24, 1973)

Islands off the coast of West Africa:

  • Cape Verde (July 5, 1975)
  • Saint Helena (still a British colony)
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I Believe it was March 10th, 1893. That is what I found on the websites that I searched. Im doing a project on this anyways. Hope this helps :)

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Yes. France owned the modern-day West African nations of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger, Benin, Ivory Coast, and Guinea in 1900.

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French West Africa ended in 1958.

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