Mezue ahịrịokwu a: France
meriri ihe ka ukwuu n'ebe ugwu Algeria n'oge 1830-47, na-etinye ya dị ka akụkụ dị mkpa nke France. N'afọ ndị 1880s, e nwere asọmpi kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ n'etiti ike ndị Europe maka ókèala dị n'Africa, usoro a maara dị ka Scramble for Africa. Usoro ahụ ruru n'Ọgbakọ Berlin nke 1884, bụ́ ebe mba Europe ndị ahụ a na-ekwu okwu ha kwekọrịtara banyere ihe ndị ha na-azọrọ na ha bụ ókèala ha nakwa iwu ndị a ga-agbaso n'ọgụ ha ga-alụ n'ọdịnihu. N'ihi nke a. France nwetara ikike ịchịkwa ndagwurugwu elu nke Osimiri Niger (ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ mpaghara nke Mali na Niger nke oge a). France weghaara mpaghara a na 1900; Mali (nke a na-akpọ French Sudan) bụ nke mbụ, tinyere Niger na Burkina Faso nke oge a, n'ime Upper Senegal na Niger colony, agbanyeghị na e kewapụrụ ya ma bụrụ onye so na mpaghara gọọmentị etiti nke French West Africa ("Afrique occidentale française", nke a na-akpọ AOF).