query: What is Nigers anthem?
passage: La Nigérienne
"La Nigérienne" is the national anthem of Niger. The lyrics are by Maurice Albert Thiriet. Robert Jacquet and Nicolas Abel François Frionnet wrote the music. It was adopted as Niger's anthem in 1961.
passage: List of senators of French West Africa
Niger became an autonomous state within the French Community on 4 December 1958. 
The country acquired full independence on 3 August 1960.