7 ATLASES
History of Mali in maps
Mali as it appears in 7 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 2015: Mali. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Mali before it was Mali? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
Mali · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Mali · Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia
MEIJI JAPAN AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Mali · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
Mali · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Mali · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position | |
| Non-aligned & neutral |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Mali (French Sudan) · Decolonization of Africa
The federation of French Sudan and Senegal collapsed within weeks, and French Sudan became Mali in 1960. Modibo Keïta broke with France and chose a radical socialist, pan-Africanist course. His overthrow in a 1968 coup began decades of military rule. The new state was vast, poor, landlocked and dependent on commodities: these were part of the structural inheritance of the Sahel’s interior colonies.
| French-ruled — the opening position | |
| Independent Africa |
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Mali · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| Right won in law | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Right won in law |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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