Sub-Saharan Africa, 30 Apr 1947: Malagasy Uprising
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 30 Apr 1947 (Wind of Change: Malagasy Uprising), showing the following events: Syrian Independence; United Nations Trust Territories; French Union; South African rule in SW Africa; Outbreak of First Indochina War; Malagasy Uprising.

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

Belgian

Congo(Bel.)

Mozambique(Port.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(Fr. fed.)

Union of

South Africa(Br. dom.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. fed.)

Libya(Br/Fr adm.)

Aden Prot.(Br. prot.)

South
West
Africa(SAfr. adm.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Tanganyika(Br. T.T.)

Cameroun(Fr. T.T.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

Southern
Territories(Fr. terr.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. H.C.T.)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Sp. West Africa(Sp. terr.)

Northern
Rhodesia(Br. prot.)

Southern
Rhodesia(Br.)

Middle
Congo(FEA)

French
Sudan(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Walvis Bay(SWA adm.)

Ogaden(Br. adm.)

Malagasy
nationalists

Ubangi-
Shari(FEA)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Ascension(US pres.)

Tristan da Cunha

Simon's Town(Br.)

Apr 1946French withdraw
from Syria

Apr 1946League of Nations mandates
become UN trust territories

Oct 1946French Union replaces
French Empire

Dec 1946South Africa rejects
UN trusteeship over
South West Africa

Dec 1946Indochina War btn
Viet Minh & French
begins

29 Mar 1947–? Nov 1948Malagasy revolt against
French in Madagascar

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