https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_West_Africa
French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis, Senegal until 1902, and …