Sub-Saharan Africa 60 years ago today: French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa (17 August 1960) htt
Sub-Saharan Africa 60 years ago today: French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa (17 August 1960) https://buff.ly/3awJ2De August 1960 was the high point in the Year of Africa, with nine nations gaining independence from France between the 1st and 17th of that month. Most notable was the former French Equatorial Africa, where France withdrew from Chad, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, and Gabon in the space of a week. #1960 #1960s #20thcentury #africa #africanhistory #august #august17 #decolonization #cartographer #centralafricanrepublic #chad #congo #francophone #gabon #historic #historicalmaps #historie #historybuff #historylesson #frenchempire #historyschool #instahistory #ivorycoast #imperialism #maps #modernhistory #colonialism #subsaharanafrica #teachinghistory #thisdayinhistory (at Brazzaville)https://www.instagram.com/p/CD-8Hl2gcUb/?igshid=ey2cqot6xxc7 -- source link
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