HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Nigeria
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Mali
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Belgium
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Senegal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Haiti and Mali were both French colonies at one time. Haiti is located in the Carribean, and borders the Dominican Republic. It declared its independence in 1804. The population is about 10.8 million.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indochina, also called (until 1950) French Indochina or French Indochine Française, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.
Detailed explanation-4: -Upper Senegal and Niger was renamed the French Sudan in 1920. By 1960 the formerly colonial territories had become independent republics, with French Sudan changing its name to Mali. Upper Volta was renamed Burkina Faso in 1984.