French Africa includes all the historic holdings of France on the African continent. Egypt (1798-1801) French Algeria (1830–1962) Protectorate of Tunisia...

African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 167 million people in Africa...

French Equatorial Africa (French: Afrique équatoriale française, or AEF) was a federation of French colonial territories in Equatorial Africa which consisted...

French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal...

The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French...

by France in the North African Maghreb during the colonial era, namely Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. In contrast to French West Africa and French Equatorial...

First French Empire Second French Empire CFA franc Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 French Africa French colonial flags French Colonial Union French colonization...

l'Empire)—later the French National Committee (Comité national français or CNF)—formed to govern French territories in central Africa, Asia, and Oceania...

first mass migration of African Americans to France occurred as a result of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the French territory was transferred...

of Africa (French: Armée d’Afrique [aʁme d‿afʁik]) was an unofficial but commonly used term for those portions of the French Army stationed in French North...

French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon under the control of Free France in World War II. It provided a political and territorial base for Free France and...

Black French people also known as French Black people or Afro-French (Afro-Français) are French people who are of Sub-Saharan African (including Malagasy...

Franco-Europeanisation in French colonies, most notably French West Africa and Madagascar. During the 19th century, French citizenship along with the...

of the Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Africa, as well as the French Resistance. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. Their rapid advance...

administrators (French: Gouverneur général de l'Afrique équatoriale française) responsible for the territory of French Equatorial Africa, an area equivalent...

Vichy French Army Vichy French Navy Vichy French Air Force Milice Franc-Garde Groupe mobile de réserve Guard (Vichy France) Scuttling of the French fleet...

Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French rump state headed by...

The French Congo (French: Congo français) or Middle Congo (French: Moyen-Congo) was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of...

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent...

of the French Republic (PGFR; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF)) was the provisional government of Free France between...

The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system...

France–Africa relations cover a period of several centuries, starting around in the Middle Ages, and have been very influential to both regions. Following...

The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération [aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz də la libeʁasjɔ̃] or AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose...

colonial administrators (French: Gouverneur général de l'Afrique occidentale française) responsible for the territory of French West Africa, an area equivalent...

of France: '"... until the end of the fifteenth century, the French of the chancellery spread as a political and literary language because the French court...

The French Forces of the Interior (FFI; French: Forces françaises de l'Intérieur) were French resistance fighters in the later stages of World War II...

Gabon, the only colony of French Equatorial Africa not to join Free France after the armistice, fell to invading Free French Forces from the neighbouring...

foreigners coming to France rose above 320,000 for the first time, with nearly a majority coming from Francophone Africa (Former French Colonies). A significant...

1916 and 1960) France French West Africa: Mauritania Senegal French Sudan (now Mali) French Guinea (now Guinea) Ivory Coast Niger French Upper Volta (now...

The Free French Air Forces (French: Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres, FAFL) were the air arm of the Free French Forces in the Second World War, created...