Decolonization of Africa · TURNING POINT ·
Mali Federation (1960)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Dakar — the Mali Federation”
Jun–Aug 1960 — Senegal and French Sudan try independence as a single federation, then split within two months into Senegal and Mali. The dream of larger unions dies early, and often.
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- Year of Africa (chapter 5 of Decolonization of Africa)
- Atlas
- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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