Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Zaɓin Blaise Diagne a watan Fabrairun 1914 ya ba da zakara don buƙatar haƙƙin ɗan ƙasa ga sojojin mulkin mallaka. Diagne ya wakilci Gidaje Hudu, tsoffin garuruwa huɗu na mulkin mallaka a Afirka ta Yammacin Faransa waɗanda suka sami damar aika wakilai zuwa Majalisar Wakilai bayan juyin juya halin 1848.
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin akidar jamhuriya, samun 'yan Afirka da Asiya da ke yaƙi a cikin Sojojin Faransa ya kasance hujja ce ta duniya game da wayewar Faransa wacce ke buɗe ga kowa. Faransanci ita ce rundunar farko a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na duniya don samun cikakken haɗin gwiwar dakarun soja, tare da sojojin Vietnam, Aljeriya da Afirka da ke yaƙi tare da fararen Faransanci. Kodayake a aikace, akwai layin launi a Faransa, a cikin mahallin lokacin da Faransa ta kasance al'umma ce wacce ke buɗewa ga mutanen da ba fararen fata ba, alal misali mawaƙa ɗan Afirka ɗan Afirka Josephine Baker ta sami karɓar karɓa a Faransa wanda ba ta taɓa samu ba a cikin ƙasarta. Faransanci ya kira kowa daga Afirka ta Yammacin Faransa "Senegalese" ba tare da la'akari da ko sun fito ne daga Senegal ko a'a ba; da yawa daga cikin "Senegalese" ba daga Senegal ba ne.