World History · Middle East & Africa

French West Africa

By Marc Schulman World History 2 min read

HistoryCentral · Primary Source & History

The French organized their territorial holding in West Africa into French West Africa. It comprised what today are Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast and Senegal. The French governor general made his headquarters in Dakar. That same year it established a protectorate over Madagascar

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