French expansion in West Africa

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:administeredBy French colonial administration
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Burkina_Faso
gptkb:Guinea
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Mauritania
gptkb:Niger
gptkb:Senegal
gptkbp:endDate early 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French expansion in West Africa
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:France
gptkbp:ledTo economic exploitation
resistance movements
cultural changes
gptkbp:location gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Samori_Ture
gptkb:Dahomey_Kingdom
local kingdoms
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:French_West_Africa
gptkb:colonialism
infrastructure development
forced labor
cash crop agriculture
introduction of French language
loss of sovereignty for local states
new borders
gptkbp:startDate late 19th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Franco-Dahomean_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7