Defferre Framework Law — toward autonomy

1956 · Dakar

In 1956, France passed the Defferre framework law, which granted each West African territory its own autonomous government. For the first time, Africans directly administered their own affairs. It was a decisive step that prepared the independences to follow in 1960.

Sources

• INA — la loi-cadre Defferre de 1956
• Cairn — « Mamadou Dia et le projet de décolonisation du Sénégal » (Outre-mers, 2019)
• Persée — « Mamadou Dia et les relations franco-sénégalaises (1957-1962) »

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