CHAPTER IX

THE FRENCH IN WEST AND NORTH AFRICA

The Dieppe adventurers—Jannequin de Rochefort and the Senegal—Brüe and the foundation of the colony of Senegal—Campagnon—Progress of French rule over Senegambia—Seul Faidherbe—the Fula Empires—Advance to the Niger—Samori and Ahmadu—Timbuktu—Binger and the Ivory Coast—Samori—Timbuktu definitely occupied—Busa and the Anglo-French Convention—Administrative divisions of French W. Africa—France and Egypt—Algiers—Development of Algeria—Tunis—The Sahara—Voulet and Chanoine—Morocco Protectorate—Abyssinia—Marchand—Somaliland—French Congo—Gaboon—The Shari and Mubangi—Cessions to Germany—Bagirmi and Wadai—Senussi—Trans-Sahara Railway 196