Ubangi-Shari
7°N 20°E / 7°N 20°E Ubangi-Shari (French: Oubangui-Chari) was a French colony in central Africa, a part of French Equatorial Africa.
Colony of Ubangi-Shari Oubangui-Chari (French) | |||||||||
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1903–1960 | |||||||||
Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | |||||||||
Status | Colony of France | ||||||||
Capital | |||||||||
Official language | French | ||||||||
Commonly spoken | Sango | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Ubangi-Sharian | ||||||||
Commissioner General | |||||||||
• 1903 | Charles Noufflard | ||||||||
• 1958–1960 | Yvon Bourges | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1958–1959 | Barthélemy Boganda | ||||||||
• 1959 | Abel Goumba | ||||||||
• 1959–1960 | David Dacko | ||||||||
Establishment | |||||||||
• Established | 29 December 1903 | ||||||||
• Autonomy as CAR | 1 December 1958 | ||||||||
13 August 1960 | |||||||||
Currency | |||||||||
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Today part of | CAR |
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It was named after the
History
The Upper Ubangi was established as part of the
The
On 15 January 1910, this administration was merged with the
Between 1915 and 1931, stamps were overprinted for use in Ubangi-Shari, and later specially printed for the colony.
During
Concession systems and atrocities
Ubangi-Shari had a similar concession system as the Congo Free State and similar atrocities were also committed there. Writer André Gide travelled to Ubangi-Shari and was told by inhabitants about atrocities including
The book "Travels to Congo" by Gide, published in 1927 describes the horrors of the concession companies in French Equatorial Africa. The book had an important impact on the anti-colonialist movement in France.[5] The number of victims under the French concession system in Ubangi-Shari and other parts of French Equatorial Africa remains unknown.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f World Statesmen. "Central African Republic." Accessed 29 Mar 2014.
- ^ Richard Bradshaw and Juan Fandos-Rius, Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Scarecrow Press, 2016), p. 176.
- ^ World History at KMLA. "Central African Republic". Accessed 29 Mar 2014.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ Voyage au Congo suivi du Retour du Tchad Archived 16 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, in Lire, July–August 1995 (in French)
External links
- 1870–1960 timeline
- 1891–1960 timeline at World Statesmen