French Guinea
French Guinea Guinée française (French) | |||||||||
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Constituent of French West Africa | |||||||||
1891–1958 | |||||||||
Anthem | |||||||||
"La Marseillaise" | |||||||||
Capital | Conakry | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
Governor | |||||||||
• 1891-1900 | Noël Ballay | ||||||||
• 1956-1958 | Jean Ramadier | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1891 | ||||||||
October 1958 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Guinea |
French Guinea (French: Guinée française) was a French colonial possession in West Africa. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the current independent nation of Guinea.
French Guinea was established by France in 1891, within the same borders as its previous colony known as Rivières du Sud (1882–1891). Prior to 1882, the coastal portions of French Guinea were part of the French colony of Senegal.
In 1891, Rivières du Sud was placed under the colonial lieutenant governor at
Colonial history
Guinea was ruled by France until 1958. It became independent from France in 1958 following its voters' rejection of Charles de Gaulle's Constitution of 1958. At the time French Guinea was the only colony to reject the new constitution. French Guinea became the modern-day country of Guinea, keeping French as its official language.
See also
- Guinea
- History of Guinea
- French West Africa
- List of French possessions and colonies
- Timeline of Conakry
References
- Jean Suret-Canale. French Colonialism in Tropical Africa 1900–1945. Trans. Pica Press (1971)
- Jean Suret-Canale. Guinea in the Colonial System, in Essays on African History. Translated, Hurst (1980)