French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa was a colony in Lower Congo and Angola (Central and Southern Africa) that lasted from 1910 to 1960 CE, about 50 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

A federation of Gabon, Middle Congo, Ubangi-Shari and Chad ruled from Brazzaville. It rallied to Free France in 1940, and its four territories became independent in 1960.

See French Equatorial Africa on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1910 to 1960 CE

Duration

50 years

Type

Colony

Region

Lower Congo and Angola, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Brazzaville

Came from

• French Congo 1880 to 1910 CE

Became

• Republic of the Congo 1960 CE to the present
• Gabon 1960 CE to the present
• Central African Republic 1960 CE to the present

Events in Central and Southern Africa during its time

• 1948 Apartheid becomes law
• 1960 Congo independence and crisis

Neighbours in Central and Southern Africa

• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE
• Kingdom of Buganda c. 1300 to 1966 CE
• Portuguese Mozambique 1505 to 1975 CE
• Portuguese Angola 1575 to 1975 CE
• Sultanate of Zanzibar 1856 to 1964 CE
• British Cape Colony 1806 to 1910 CE
• British Kenya 1895 to 1963 CE
• Madagascar 1960 CE to the present
• French Madagascar 1896 to 1960 CE
• Belgian Congo 1908 to 1960 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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