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French Sudan

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noun

  1. a former name (1898–1959) of Mali

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Mali is the former French Sudan, and he did speak high school French.

From Washington Times

In 1899 the limits of the colony were extended, on the dismemberment of the French Sudan, to include the upper Niger districts.

From Project Gutenberg

Between that date and 1905 various changes in the areas and administrations of the different colonies were made, involving the disappearance of the protectorates and military territories known as French Sudan and dependent on Senegal.

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The meeting was held in what had once been an assembly chamber of the officials of the former Cercle de Tombouctou, when this had all been part of French Sudan.

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They were in the vicinity of Tessalit, in what was once known as French Sudan, and immediately to the south of Algeria.

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