French West Africa

A group of South Africans endured months of Saharan treks and stiff diplomacy to claim the near-mythic Barbary Ostrich from French West Africa .

这群由南非人组成的团体经历数月的艰苦，跋涉撒哈拉沙漠，忍受强硬的外交来证明神秘的巴巴里鸵鸟来自于法属西非。

Formerly part of French West Africa .

曾是法属西非以前的西非联邦的一部分。

A powerful empire from the14th to the16th century , Mali became part of French West Africa in the late19th century and achieved independence in1960 .

至16世纪，马里曾是一个强大的帝国；到了19世纪晚期，它变成了法国西非殖民地的一部分，1960年取得独立。