FRENCH WEST AFRICA


Meaning of FRENCH WEST AFRICA in English

Former federation of French dependencies, western Africa.

It consisted of what are now the independent republics of Benin , Burkina Faso , Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , and Senegal . The capital was at Dakar . The federation was established in 1895 and dissolved 1958–59. By 1960 the former colonial territories had become independent republics.

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