French Equatorial Africa (Concert of Europe)

French West Africa (French: Afrique Équatoriale Française, or AEF) is a colonial federation reuniting four French colonies in. It was estabilished in 1910 and reformed after the creation of the Third French Empire, to streamline and centralize its administration, and granted a limited degree of representation for natives into French politics.

A vast territory, French Equatorial Africa ranges from the deserts of northern to the thick forests of  to the south. It is inhabited by several different ethnicities and tribes: to the north, they are mainly Muslim, but to the south is prominent because of the work of European missionaries. Its economy is as varied as its territory: some areas are predominantly industrial, while there are large areas that are not industrialized at all.

French colonial ventures in the region started in the early 18th years, and the federation reached its current borders during the Scramble for Africa, during which France immensely enlarged the borders of its colonial empire. Today, four colonies make up the federation: