French Somaliland was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which point it became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. The Republic of Djibouti is its
French Somaliland in 1922
Coast of the Somalis and dependencies
Dom João de Castro Roteiro do Mar Roxo Bab El Mandeb
Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Ad
French Somaliland
…a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which point it became the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. The Republic of Djibouti is its legal successor state. French Somaliland was formally established in 1896 when the ruler and elders of the Issa clan signed treaties with the…
Geometric design pottery found in Asa Koma
The Hatshepsut Punt Relief depicting three men in Puntite dress bearing gifts
The Sultan of Adal (right) and his troops battling King Yagbea-Sion and his men depicted in Livre Des Merveilles
Drawing landscape of Lake Assal in 1841 by Johann Martin Bernatz.