This country's capital, Dakar, was once the capital of French West Africa
[DOC] [TLE] French West Africa - Wikipedia [PAR] French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: 
Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Ivory Coast, 
Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.