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3 unusual facts about French Equatorial Africa


Cotton production in Chad

Therefore, customs duties on cotton exports from Chad, then a part of French Equatorial Africa, were paid to the governor general at Brazzaville (in contemporary Congo), as were duties on exports from other colonies under regional administration.

Félix Mesnil

Member of the French Commission on sleeping sickness, he worked for the organisation of the mission in French Equatorial Africa.

French Equatorial Africa

During World War II, the federation rallied to the Free French Forces under Félix Éboué in August 1940, except for Gabon which was Vichy French between 16 June 1940 and 12 November 1940; the federation became the strategic centre of Free French activities in Africa.


Joseph Vuillemin

Between November 1933 and January 1934, he led the so-called ‘La Croisière noire aérienne’ – an ambitious training and trailblazing mission from France via Morocco and the Sahara to French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa using French Potez 25 biplanes.

Louis Alexis Étienne Bonvin

He studied in Paris where he graduated from Hautes études commerciales (HEC) and in 1912,joined the colonial administration in French Equatorial Africa.


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High-dynamic-range imaging

An excellent example is the photograph Schweitzer at the Lamp by W. Eugene Smith, from his 1954 photo essay A Man of Mercy on Dr. Albert Schweitzer and his humanitarian work in French Equatorial Africa.

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

She and her husband, pioneering surgeon and best-selling author Edgar Berman, most notably went to French Equatorial Africa to work with Albert Schweitzer as extended volunteers.

Pleyel et Cie

In 1913, Pleyel built the "Jungle Piano" for use by Albert Schweitzer in his hospital in Lambaréné (French Equatorial Africa – now Gabon).