Throughout the history of French West Africa, the member constituents, and their borders, sometimes changed. The present-day countries that were once part of it are Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Guinea, and Mauritania. The original members of French West Africa were Senegal, French Guinea (now Guinea), French Sudan (now Mali), and Côte d’Ivoire.
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