1939-1960 History of Central Africa





Gabon Independent, since 1960



The Republic of Gabon gained independence in 1960. It joined the COMMUNAUTE FRANCAISE. The country is thinly populated; it's main export products are oil and lumber.
In 1968 a ONE-PARTY-SYSTEM was introduced by diehard President OMAR BONGO who managed to hold on to office after multiparty elections were introduced in the 1980es.





EXTERNAL
FILES
Gabon, History of, from Infoplease
Omar Bongo, from Infoplease
The Peace Corps in Gabon, from Peace Corps Online
DOCUMENTS Flags of Gabon, from FOTW
Map of Gabon from CIA World Factbook
Banknotes from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Documents on Gabonese History, from World History Archives
Peace Corps Journal of Bob Utne in Gabon 1963-1964, from Peace Corps Online
Gabon 1979-1981, from Peace Corops Online
REFERENCE David E. Gardinier, Historical Dictionary of Gabon, Metuchen N.J. : Scarecrow 1981 [G]
Article : Gabon, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1961 pp.289-290, 1962 p.283, 1963 p.397, 1964 pp.385-386, 1965 p.380, 1966 pp.336-337, 1967 pp.365-366, 1968 pp.367-368, 1969 pp.363-364, 1970 pp.369-370, 1971 p.350, 1972 p.324, 1973 pp.321-322, 1974 p.328, 1975 p.317, 1976 p.358, 1977 p.359, 1978 pp.403-404, 1979 p.396, 1980 p.396, 1981 p.397, 1982 pp.395-396, 1983 p.392, 1984 p.394, 1985 pp.465, 681, 1986 pp.460, 678, 1987 pp.428, 647, 1988 pp.389, 599, 1989 pp.389, 600, 1990 pp.406, 615, 1991 pp.385-386, 600, 1992 pp.357, 600, 1993 pp.361, 609, 1994 pp.359, 610, 1995 pp.408, 610, 1996 pp.406, 610, 1997 pp.420, 608, 2002 pp.427, 609 [G]
Article : Gabon, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.934-935, 1975-1976 pp.947-948, 1976-1977 pp.955-956, 1978-1979 pp.488-489, 1979-1980 pp.491-493, 1980-1981 pp.491-493, 1981-1982 pp.496-498, 1983-1984 pp.503-505, 1984-1985 pp.502-504, 1985-1986 pp.504-506, 1986-1987 pp.508-510, 1987-1988 pp.513-516, 1988-1989 pp.515-518, 1989-1990 pp.519-522, 1990-1991 pp.518-521, 1991-1992 pp.518-521, 1992-1993 pp.590-593, 1993-1994 pp.596-599, 1994-1995 pp.588-591, 1995-1996 pp.585-589, 1996-1997 pp.524-528, 1997-1998 pp.533-537, 1998-1999 pp.578-582, 2000 pp.668-672, 2001 pp.646-650, 2002 pp.672-676, 2003 pp.675-679, 2004 pp.676-680, 2005 pp.678-682, 2006 pp.672-676 [G]
Article : Gabon, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.68-69, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.68-69, 4th ed. 1984 pp.68-69 [G]
Entry : Gabon, Cabinet, p.40; Background Notes : Gabon, pp.580-584, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G]
Article : Gabon, in : Americana Annual 1961 pp.293-294, 1962 pp.293-294, 1963 pp.269-270, 1964 p.266, 1965 p.289, 1967 p.296, 1968 p.288, 1969 p.307, 1970 p.308, 1971 p.307, 1972 p.300, 1973 p.309 [G]
Entry : Gabon, pp.482-485 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G]



This page is part of World History at KMLA
First posted in 2001, last revised on June 6th 2008

Click here to go Home
Click here to go to Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster
Click here to go to Statistics