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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 2881717, member: 56&quot;]I think you are safe with 1959.&nbsp; It shows French Equatorial Africa:</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" rel="nofollow">Fourth Republic</a> (1946–58), the federation [French Equatorial Africa] was represented in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_France" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_France" rel="nofollow">French parliament</a>. When the territories voted in the September 1958 referendum to become autonomous within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Community" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Community" rel="nofollow">French Community</a>, the federation was dissolved. In 1959 the new republics formed an interim association called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Central_African_Republics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Central_African_Republics" rel="nofollow">Union of Central African Republics</a>, before becoming fully independent in August 1960.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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