1910-1920 History of Central Africa Chad
1939-1960





Chad, 1920-1939



The territory of Chad, as part of French Equatorial Africa, was created by French colonialism. It contained the old Sultanates of WADAI and BAGIRMI, most of Kanem (which used to belong to BORNU), as well as territories in the less densely populated desert regions further north. French presence was felt most in cities such as Fort Lamy and Fort Archambault; remote regions, especially in the north, preserved some degree of autonomy, their population was notoriously rebellious. France kept a permanent military garrison in the colony's south.
The border to FRENCH WEST AFRICA, i.e. Niger, originally ran from the Lake Chad region in a northeastern direction, allocating most of the Tibesti region to Niger. In the late 1920es, this border between two French colonies had been changed, to the advantage of French Equatorial Africa/Chad, obviously to ensure a better control of the Tibesti region.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Chad, History of, from Infoplease ; from Library of Congress, Country Studies
DOCUMENTS Map of Central Africa 1895 from Annales de Geographie IV, from Perry Castaneda Library, UTexas, has borders between Chad/Oubangi-Chari and Kamerun
REFERENCE Article : Chad, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.159, 1928 p.143, 1930 p.157, 1931 p.181, 1932 p.148, 1933 p.144, 1934 p.137, 1935 p.135, 1936 p.128, 1937 p.115, 1938 p.115, 1939 p.123 [G]
for yearbook entries on French Equatorial Africa, see History of French Equatorial Africa
Naval Intelligence Division : French Equatorial Africa (Geographical Handbook Series), London 1942, 524 pp. [G]



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