Félix Éboué
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Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué was a French colonial administrator and Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to a high post in the French colonies, when appointed as Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936.
Éboué welcomes Charles de Gaulle to Chad in October 1940
Félix Éboué cartoon by Charles Alston, 1943
Death Mask of Félix Éboué at the Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération
French Guiana
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French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east and south, French Guiana covers a total area of 84,000 km2 (32,000 sq mi) and a land area of 83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi), and is inhabited by 295,385 people.
View of Fort Cépérou Mount, Cayenne
View from Salvation Islands, Kourou
Following the Portuguese conquest of French Guiana in 1809, João Severiano Maciel da Costa served as its only governor until 1817.
French Guiana, c. 1930