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The French Community was an association of states known in French simply as La Communauté. In 1958 it replaced the French Union, which had itself succeeded the French colonial empire in 1946....

Timeline of Events

1958

11.25.1958

French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.

12.4.1958

Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.

12.11.1958

French Upper Volta gains self-government from France, becomes the Republic of Upper Volta, and joins the French Community.