French West Africa (Afrique-Occidentale Française) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa. The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis, Senegal until 1902, and then Dakar until the federation’s collapse in 1960.
The territories that made up the federation were:
- Dahomey
- French Guinea (Guinée française)
- French Sudan (Soudan Français)
- Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Mauritania (Mauritanie)
- Niger
- Senegal
- Upper Volta (Haute-Volta)
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