French Community
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A year and a half ago, France abruptly stalked out of Guinea, and left it to fend for itself, the first nation to declare its independence from the new French Community.
From Time Magazine Archive
Things had been different when Tour� demanded and got independence for Guinea, making it the only African state to secede from De Gaulle's French Community.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cassock-clad Abb� Fulbert Youlou, the President of the former French Congo and, like Kasavubu, an Abako tribesman, rallied nine French Community states, helped beat back the adjournment motion 51 to 36.
From Time Magazine Archive
Guinea's S�kou Tour� once led a powerful opposition of the left within the party, but Tour� opted Guinea out of the French Community and into relative quarantine.
From Time Magazine Archive
The French Community long dominated a far greater portion of Africa than the British flag flew over.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
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