'Colonial History of Mali\r'

' colonial History of: Mali Mali started out as part of The gold coast Empire which was dominated by the Soninke people up until 1203 when it was interpreted oer by an anti-Muslim Sosso Kingdom. The Mali Kingdom took over from 1230 †1600 this empire had a lot of influence over West Africa; it began to weaken in the 14th coulomb and was challenged by the Songhai Empire. The two empires ru direct over Mali until they were discomfited by the Moroccan Saadi Dynasty who control take parts of Mali until they were challenged by some other Kingdoms and this led to Mali falling under many contrasting Kingdoms until it was colonized by the French in 1892.France had taken over most of West Africa at the conviction and it named the territory taken over in Mali as the French Sudan and appointed civilian governors even though they did appoint a civilian as governor there was still a lot of encounter to French rule. By 1958 French Sudan was renamed to the Sudanese land and obtained com p allowe internal autonomy and joined the French Community which meant it supplied labor to French colonies and was given spacious assistance by France.In 1959 Sudanese Republic was renamed over again to the Federation of Mali, wiz year later the France to let the Federation of Mali to be fully independent, and on twentieth of June 1960 the Federation of Mali became fully independent and Modibo Keita was named its first President. after(prenominal) Keita was made President he wanted to dissemble to a more socialist policy which led him to withdraw from the French Community and he obdurate to fetch close ties to the Eastern Bloc.In 1967 Mali was forced to get together the French Community due to its deteriorating economy. A livid coup in 1978 saw a sort out of young officers set up a 14-member war machine Committee for National Liberation (CLMN). This committee essay to improve the economic situation in the ground but faced internal political struggles; these struggles h ave continued over the years and are one of the main issues which Mali faces as a country and has led to a number of insurgencies taking place.\r\n'