French Sudan

French Sudan (French: Soudan ) was a colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence, first from 1890 to 1899, then from 1920 to 1960, when the territory became the independent nation of Mali.

Colonial Establishment

It was created as a French territory on September 9 , 1880 as "Upper Senegal", and was renamed the "French Sudan Territory" on August 18 , 1890 , with its capital at Kayes. On October 10 , 1899 French Sudan was broken up; 11 southern provinces went to French Guinea, the Côte d'Ivoire and Dahomey, although two were returned in the following year.

In 1902 the parts of the colony not organized into military districts became Senegambia and Niger, then Upper Senegal and Niger in 1904, then the old name came back in a reorganization of 1920.

When the French Upper Volta was first abolished in 1933 (it was reestablished in 1947), French Sudan picked up some of its provinces.

Independence

After the 4 October 1958 French constitutional referendum, the "République Soudanaise" became a member of the French Community, once again with the name French Sudan, and gained complete internal autonomy 25 November 1958 .

On 4 April 1959 , French Sudan was joined with Senegal to form the Mali Federation, which became fully independent within the French Community on June 20 , 1960 . The federation collapsed on August 20 , 1960 , when Senegal seceded. On 22 September , French Sudan proclaimed itself the Republic of Mali and withdrew from the French Community.

See also

• Sudan (region): the sudan or soudan

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