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.
Continental West Africa:
Islands off the coast of West Africa:
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 :)
Yes. France owned the modern-day West African nations of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger, Benin, Ivory Coast, and Guinea in 1900.
French West Africa ended in 1958.
The United Kingdom and France were the primary colonial powers in Africa south fo the Sahara. Belgium also had a substantial footprint there with its holdings in the Congo.
Mozambique (South-east Africa), Angola (South-west Africa), and Guinea-Bissau (West Africa).
Liberia. (Since the 1970's there haven't been any Colonies in West Africa, though).
No, the US government never owned any part of Africa (although an American organization did own Liberia in the early 1800's with the purpose of helping freedmen).
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French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, French North Africa and French East Africa.
In terms of land, France controlled most of it. Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom did have sizable colonies in West Africa, though.
France has never actually "invaded" any part of Africa. For a period of seventy years, from the 1890s to the 1960s, France had a number of colonies in Africa, notably Algeria and Morocco, and on the west coast of Africa.
France used to rule over vast colonies in Africa, especially in the west and central parts of the continent, after independence over 20 countries were formed from these colonies.
Most of West Africa was colonized by France.
West Africa was not a single colony, it was actually made up of many colonies owned by France, the UK, and Portugal. Ivory Coast (France) and Ghana (UK) both have considerable white populations, a remnant of settler colonialism.
The United Kingdom and France were the primary colonial powers in Africa south fo the Sahara. Belgium also had a substantial footprint there with its holdings in the Congo.
Europeans wanted to form colonies in west Africa because it was a good trading spot
Mozambique (South-east Africa), Angola (South-west Africa), and Guinea-Bissau (West Africa).
France
They didn't trade anything. Slaves were brought from Africa to the West Indies
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