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Haiti is a former French colony. French settled in the 1600s, coming from other Carribbean colonies, and in the 1700s 30,000 colons came from mainland France. Around 1790 Saint-Domingue (the name of the colony then) was the richest French colony, owing to the work of numerous slaves brought from Africa. Slavery was abolished during the French Revolution and a black governor, Toussaint Louverture, was named. Bowing to the influence of colonists, Napoleon sent an expeditionary corps to prevent the country's autonomy and restablish slavery; but the country became independent on the first January 1804 against Napoleon's army.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoThis traces back to European colonialism - the major western Europe countries fought for increased territory throughout the world. England, France, Spain and the Netherlands were some of the biggest players and each established colonies around the world, including in Africa. As France managed to establish a colony in western Africa, there are now several countries in west Africa where French is still the primary language - during the colonial times, native languages were repressed and the native populations were forced to learn French.
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∙ 9y agoAfrica is a continent, not a country. It has over 50 countries. Some of its countries and some countries around the world were French colonies or colonies of French-speaking countries like Belgium, and so there are French influences in them and French is still spoken in many of them.
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∙ 13y agoBecause they are all dissagreaing about the religion and languages so they just split up.
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∙ 6y agoFrance and Belgium were once countries that conquered other countries in order to colonize them. With colonization, came the French language.
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becuase they got taken over by having a skill isuue
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∙ 8y agoBecause France was an imperial power.
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Why is Africa in colonies?
It is not true to say Africa is in colonies. Throughout its history people from many countries came to exploit its natural resources and to settle there and so many colonies were set up. All over Africa there are influences from many countries, particularly countries from Europe. Nowadays, these countries have left and Africa has independent countries in it, though many still have people from other countries living in it.
Is Africa a state?
Africa is a continent so no it is not a nation state
How many continents do Africa have?
There are NO continents in South Africa. South Africa is one of the nations on the African continent.
What are the factor that led to the decline of indigenous education in Africa?
Africa is made up of many countries so to answer this question we need a name of a country. Africa is a continent.
Why is coastal West Africa divided in to so many countries?
Because there is so an diifferent water periods and time dates
Why Africa has so many French speaking countries?
Because it does!
Why is Africa in colonies?
It is not true to say Africa is in colonies. Throughout its history people from many countries came to exploit its natural resources and to settle there and so many colonies were set up. All over Africa there are influences from many countries, particularly countries from Europe. Nowadays, these countries have left and Africa has independent countries in it, though many still have people from other countries living in it.
What is the Independence Day of Africa?
Africa is made up of many countries, so there is no one day.
How many continents there are in Africa?
Africa is a continent, there aren't any continents in Africa, only countries
Why are there so many french speaking countries in africa?
former colonisation
Is Africa a state?
Africa is a continent so no it is not a nation state
What is east Africa's leader?
Africa is a continent with over 50 countries. Many of those are in the east of Africa. Each of those countries has their own leader, so there is no single leader of east Africa.
Why do so many countries in Africa speak European languages?
Due to the colonisation of African countries, mostly occurring in the nineteenth century (called the European Scramble for Africa)The three most powerful and successful colonisers were Portugal (Mozambique), France (Mauritius, Northeast Africa) and the United Kingdom (Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa).Because some African countries were once/some still are ruled/colonized by European countries.
How many continents do Africa have?
There are NO continents in South Africa. South Africa is one of the nations on the African continent.
From whom did Africa gain independence?
There is no single answer to that. Africa is a continent, not a country. Africa consists of over 50 different countries. Many were occupied by different European countries, and so individual African countries gained independence from different countries at different times.
Why does Africa have so many types of government?
Africa has so many different types of governments because the different countries that are in Africa just like North America between Canada and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Who is the current president of Africa?
Africa is a continent, not a country. It consists of 53 different countries. So altogether there are many Presidents in Africa, and other types of leaders.
