FRENCH WEST AFRICA (Afrique Occidental Francaise - AOF) issued a thematic series depicting the woman of French West Africa between 1946 to 1947.
French West Africa (AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960.
Stamps shown here:
- Peul woman
- Mauritania woman
- Agni woman
- Azwa washerwomen at Niger River
- Fula woman
- Bacongo woman
- Dahomey woman
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