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French Equatorial Africa (1910–59)
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French:
Afrique Équatoriale Française (AEF)
Date:
1910 - 1959
Related Topics:
Western colonialism
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French Equatorial Africa (1910–59)
French Equatorial Africa (1910–59)

French Equatorial Africa

French territory, Africa
Also known as: AEF, Afrique Équatoriale Française
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French Equatorial Africa, collectively, four French territories in central Africa from 1910 to 1959. In 1960 the former territory of Ubangi-Shari (Oubangui-Chari), to which Chad (Tchad) had been attached in 1920, became the Central African Republic and the Republic of Chad; the Middle Congo (Moyen-Congo) became the Congo Republic, now the Republic of the Congo; and Gabon became the Republic of Gabon.

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