Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali - Largest adobe building in the world
The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
In the colonial era, Mali fell under the control of the French beginning in the late 1800s. By 1905, most of the area was under firm French control as a part of French Sudan. In early 1959, Mali (then the Sudanese Republic) and Senegal united to become the Mali Federation.
The Mali Federation was a country in West Africa. It was formed by a union between Senegal and Mali It was founded on April 4, 1959 and became entirely self-governing when it gained independence from France on June 20, 1960.
The Federation’s president was Modibo Keita who quickly established a one-party state, adopted an independent African and socialist orientation with close ties to the East, and implemented extensive nationalization of economic resources. The Federation collapsed shortly after independence when Senegal withdrew on 20 August due to political disagreements, allowing the Sudanese Republic to form the independent nation of Mali on September 22, 1960.
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