Equatorial Africa
Equatorial Africa is an ambiguous term that sometimes is used to refer to tropical Africa, or the region of Sub-Saharan Africa traversed by the equator.
French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Équatoriale Française; AEF) was a federation of four French colonial possessions (Gabon, Middle Congo (now the Republic of the Congo), Oubangui-Chari (or Ubangi-Shari, now the Central African Republic) and Chad), from 1910 to 1959.
African countries traversed by the equator are:
São Tomé and Príncipe
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda
Kenya
Somalia
Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Rwanda
Burundi
Ethiopia
External links
- "Equatorial Africa: Material Culture from Peoples of the Congo, Uganda & Kenya". Museum of Anthropology. College of Arts & Science University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- "Africa - Equatorial Africa Deposition Network (EADN) Project" (pdf). The World Bank Group. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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