Equatorial Africa is an ambiguous term that is sometimes used to refer to a tropical Africa or sub-Saharan Africa region intersected by the equator [1] . The French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Équatoriale Française, AEF) was a federation of four French colonial possessions ( Gabon , Middle Congo (now Republic of the Congo ), Ubangi-Shari (now Central African Republic ) and Chad ), from 1910 to 1959 . African countries through which the equator passes [2] :
Sao Tome and Principe
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Uganda
Kenya
Somalia
Notes
- ↑ Rich Peterson Equatorial Africa (December 1996).
- ↑ A list of countries crossed by the equator can be found here .
Links
- Equatorial Africa: Material Culture from Congo, Uganda & Kenya (not available link) . Museum of Anthropology . College of Arts & Science University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. The appeal date is August 12, 2015. Archived December 19, 2015.
- Africa - Equatorial Africa Deposition Network (EADN) Project (eng.) (Pdf). The World Bank Group. The appeal date is August 12, 2015.