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French Guinea was a French colonial possession and (after 1956) a protectorate in West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the independent nation of Guinea
Guinea

Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....
.

French Guinea was established in 1891, taking the same borders as the previous colony of Rivières du Sud
Rivières du Sud

[Image:WestAfricaCirca1875 1880.jpg|thumb|right|340px|French colonial possessions at the time of Rivi?res du Sud administration Rivi?res du Sud was a French West Africa, roughly corresponding to modern coastal sections of Guinea....
 (1882-1891). Prior to 1882, the coastal portions of French Guinea were part of the French colony of Senegal
History of Senegal

File:Guillaume Delisle Senegambia 1707.jpgThe History of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary era....
.

In 1891, Rivières du Sud was placed under the colonial lieutenant governor at Dakar
Dakar

Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cap-Vert, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast. It is Senegal's largest city. Its position, on the western edge of Africa , is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic and European trade; this fact aided its growth into a major regional seaport....
, who had authority over the French coastal regions east to Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo

Porto-Novo Porto-Novo is located at 6?28' North, 2?36' East ....
 (modern Benin
Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin....
).






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French Guinea was a French colonial possession and (after 1956) a protectorate in West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the independent nation of Guinea
Guinea

Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....
.

French Guinea was established in 1891, taking the same borders as the previous colony of Rivières du Sud
Rivières du Sud

[Image:WestAfricaCirca1875 1880.jpg|thumb|right|340px|French colonial possessions at the time of Rivi?res du Sud administration Rivi?res du Sud was a French West Africa, roughly corresponding to modern coastal sections of Guinea....
 (1882-1891). Prior to 1882, the coastal portions of French Guinea were part of the French colony of Senegal
History of Senegal

File:Guillaume Delisle Senegambia 1707.jpgThe History of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary era....
.

In 1891, Rivières du Sud was placed under the colonial lieutenant governor at Dakar
Dakar

Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cap-Vert, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast. It is Senegal's largest city. Its position, on the western edge of Africa , is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic and European trade; this fact aided its growth into a major regional seaport....
, who had authority over the French coastal regions east to Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo

Porto-Novo Porto-Novo is located at 6?28' North, 2?36' East ....
 (modern Benin
Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin....
). In 1894 Rivières du Sud, Coted'Ivoire and Dahomey
Dahomey

Dahomey was the name of a country in west Africa now called the Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state founded in the seventeenth century which survived until 1894....
 were separated into 'independent' colonies, with Rivières du Sud being renamed the Colony of French Guinea. In 1895, French Guinea was made a dependent colony, and its Governor then became a Lieutenant Governor to a Governor-General
French West Africa

File:AOFMap1936.jpgFile:Gor?ePalais.JPG French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial empires#Second French colonial empire territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia and Niger, French Sudan , French Guinea , C?te d'Ivoire, French Upper Volta and Dahomey ....
 in Dakar
Dakar

Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cap-Vert, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast. It is Senegal's largest city. Its position, on the western edge of Africa , is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic and European trade; this fact aided its growth into a major regional seaport....
. In 1904, this was formalised into the Africa Occidental Francais
French West Africa

File:AOFMap1936.jpgFile:Gor?ePalais.JPG French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial empires#Second French colonial empire territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia and Niger, French Sudan , French Guinea , C?te d'Ivoire, French Upper Volta and Dahomey ....
. French Guinea, along with Senegal, Dahomey, Cote-d'Ivoire and Upper Senegal and Niger
Upper Senegal and Niger

Upper Senegal and Niger was a colony in French West Africa created in 1904 from Senegambia and Niger. Niger became a separate military district in 1911 and a separate colony in 1922, French Upper Volta was split off in 1919, and the remainder reorganized as French Sudan in 1920....
 each were ruled by a lieutenant governor, under the Governor General in Dakar.

Colonial history

Guinea was ruled by France until 1958, changing the colonies title to "Protectorate" in 1956. It became independent from France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in 1958 following the rejection of Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle

Charles Andr? Joseph Marie de Gaulle , , was a French people general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President of France from 1959 to 1969....
's Constitution of 1958
Constitution of France

The current Constitution of France was adopted on October 4, 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, and replaced that of the French Fourth Republic dating from 1946....
. At the time French Guinea was the only colony to refuse the new constitution. French Guinea became the modern day country of Guinea
Guinea

Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....
 keeping French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 as its official language.

See also

  • Guinea
    Guinea

    Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....
  • History of Guinea
    History of Guinea

    EmpiresThe modern state of Guinea did not come into existence until 1958 but the history of the area stretches back much further. West Africa saw many empires rise and fall in the period before European intervention and Guinea fell within many of them....
  • French West Africa
    French West Africa

    File:AOFMap1936.jpgFile:Gor?ePalais.JPG French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial empires#Second French colonial empire territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia and Niger, French Sudan , French Guinea , C?te d'Ivoire, French Upper Volta and Dahomey ....