French Sudan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mali is the former French Sudan, and he did speak high school French.
From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2021
First on the timetable was Cameroon; soon to come: Togoland, the sprawling, wealthy Belgian Congo, the Mali Federation of Senegal and French Sudan, little Somalia, and Madagascar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along with Senegal, Dahomey and the Voltaic Republic, the French Sudan completed the formation of the Mali Federation -an area of 680,000 square miles and 10 million people, with headquarters in Dakar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back in the days when it was still the French Sudan, Mali eked out a tenuous living on French colonial subsidies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Right here in this area, Senegal and what was then French Sudan merged to form the short-lived Mali Federation.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
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