Editing French Guinea

{{Short description|French colony in West Africa (1891-1958); now the country of Guinea}}
{{For|the overseas department of France in South America|French Guiana}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = {{native name|fr|Guinée française}}
|conventional_long_name = French Guinea
|common_name = French Guinea
|era         = 
|subdivision = Constituent
|nation      = French West Africa
|life_span   = 1891–1958
|event_start = 
|year_start  = 1891
|date_start  = 
|event_end   = [[Independence]]
|year_end    = 1958
|date_end    = October 
|event1      = 
|date_event1 = 
|event2      = 
|date_event2 = 
|event_post  = 
|date_post   = 
|p1          = Imamate of Futa Jallon
|flag_p1     = Flag of the Imamate of Futa Djallon (1896-1912).svg
|s1          = History of Guinea#Sékou Touré's rule (1958–1984){{!}}Guinea
|flag_s1     = Flag of Guinea.svg
|image_flag  = Flag of France.svg
|flag        = Flag of France
|flag_type   = Flag
|image_map   = French west africa guinea.png
|image_map_caption = '''Green''': French Guinea<br />'''Lime''': [[French West Africa]]<br />'''Dark gray''': [[List of French possessions and colonies|Other French possessions]]<br />'''Darkest gray''': [[French Republic]]
|anthem               = {{lang|fr|"[[La Marseillaise]]"}}<br />{{center|[[File:La Marseillaise.ogg]]}}
|capital              = [[Conakry]]
|religion             = [[Roman Catholic]],[[Islam]]
|leader1              = [[Noël Ballay]]
|year_leader1         = 1891-1900
|leader2              = Jean Ramadier
|year_leader2         = 1956-1958
|title_leader         = [[List of colonial governors of French Guinea|Governor]]
|deputy1              = 
|year_deputy1         = 
|deputy2              = 
|year_deputy2         = 
|title_deputy         = 
|footnotes            = 
|today                = [[Guinea]]
|demonym              =
}}

'''French Guinea''' ({{langx|fr|Guinée française}}) was a [[French colonial empire|French colonial possession]] in [[West Africa]]. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the current independent nation of [[Guinea]].

French Guinea was established by [[French Third Republic|France]] in 1891, within the same borders as its previous colony known as [[Rivières du Sud]] (1882–1891). Prior to 1882, the coastal portions of French Guinea were part of the French colony of [[History of Senegal#Modern colonialism|Senegal]].

In 1891, Rivières du Sud was placed under the colonial lieutenant governor at [[Dakar]], who had authority over the French coastal regions east to [[Porto-Novo]] (modern [[Benin]]). In 1894 Rivières du Sud, [[Côte d'Ivoire]] and [[Dahomey]] were separated into 'independent' colonies, with Rivières du Sud being renamed as the '''Colony of French Guinea'''. In 1895, French Guinea was made one of several dependent colonies and its Governor became one of several Lieutenant Governors who reported to a [[French West Africa#History|Governor-General]] in Dakar. In 1904, this federation of colonies was formalised as [[French West Africa]]. French Guinea, Senegal, Dahomey, Côte d'Ivoire and [[Upper Senegal and Niger]], were each ruled by a lieutenant governor, under the Governor General in Dakar.

==Colonial history==
{{Main|History of Guinea}}
Guinea was ruled by France until 1958. It became independent from [[France]] in 1958 following its voters' rejection of [[Charles de Gaulle]]'s [[Constitution of France|Constitution of 1958]]. At the time French Guinea was the only colony <!-- of French West Africa? of any colony of France? -->to reject the new constitution. French Guinea became the modern-day country of [[Guinea]], keeping [[French language|French]] as its official language.

==See also==
* [[Guinea]]
* [[History of Guinea]]
* [[French West Africa]]
* [[List of French possessions and colonies]]
* [[Timeline of Conakry]]

==References==
{{Commons category|French Guinea}}
{{Reflist}}
*Jean Suret-Canale. ''French Colonialism in Tropical Africa 1900–1945''. Trans. Pica Press (1971) 
*Jean Suret-Canale. ''Guinea in the Colonial System, in Essays on African History''. Translated, Hurst (1980)

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