History of Central Africa 1910-1920






Oubangi-Chari, 1894-1910



In 1894, the territory of OUBANGI-CHARI (named after two rivers), was proclaimed a French colony in 1894. From here a French expedition proceeded to FASHODA in 1898. For giving up a French claim on the Nile River valley, Britain conceded a favourable border line for France's colonies in central Africa, thus establishing Oubangi-Chari's border far in the east.
In 1906, the colony was merged with CHAD; the seat of administration being FORT LAMY.
In 1910 Chad, Moyen Congo and Gabon were joined to form FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Central African Republic, History of, from Infoplease
French Equatorial Africa, from Infoplease
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First posted in 2001, last revised on November 6th 2004

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