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French Imperialism and Equatorial Africa
French imperialism and equatorial Africa really began in earnest in the 1880s. The key figure was Pierre Savignon de Braza, who decided to explore first what is now Gabon and then the area that became the French Congo. And he explored, he made agreements with local chiefs,. But slowly but surely, territory was claimed in the name of France until the early 1900s.
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