FRENCH WEST AFRICA

(Afrique Occident ale Francaise), name given since 1895 to a general government uniting the Fr. po e ions in N.W. Africa; includes Senegal, Mauretania Protectorate, territories of Sene gambia and of the Niger, Fr. Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Dahomey, exports are fruits, oils, rubber, cotton, timber; cap. Dakar. See Map Arrica.