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French Equatorial Africa

(Encyclopedia)French Equatorial Africa, former French federation in W central Africa. It consisted of four constituent territories: Gabon, Middle Congo (see Congo, Republic of the), Chad, and Ubangi-Shari (now the ...

British West Africa

(Encyclopedia)British West Africa, former inclusive term for the British colonies of Cameroons, Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togoland. ...

Zaïre, country, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, country, Africa: see Congo, Democratic Republic of the. ...

French West Africa

(Encyclopedia)French West Africa, former federation of eight French overseas territories. The constituent territories were Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea (now Guinea), French Sudan (now Mali), Côte d'Ivoire, M...

British East Africa

(Encyclopedia)British East Africa, inclusive historical term for several former British dependencies, especially Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar. ...

Portuguese East Africa

(Encyclopedia)Portuguese East Africa: see Mozambique. ...

Portuguese West Africa

(Encyclopedia)Portuguese West Africa: see Angola. ...

South West Africa

(Encyclopedia)South West Africa: see Namibia.

Zaïre, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, river, Africa: see Congo, river. ...

Congo, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Congo zīˈēr, zäērˈ [key], great river of equatorial Africa, c.2,720 mi (4,380 km) long, formed by the waters of the Lualaba River and its tributary, the Luvua River, and flowing generally N and ...