Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kusarudzwa kwaBlaise Diagne muna February 1914 kwakapa shasha yokurwira kodzero dzokuva mugari wenyika nokuda kwavarwi vechikoloni. Diagne aimiririra Four Communes, maguta mana ekare-kare ekoloni muFrench West Africa ayo akanga awana kodzero yekutumira vamiririri kuChamber of Deputies mushure mekushanduka kwe1848
. Mukati mefungidziro yeRepublic, kuva navaAfrica navaAsia vachirwisana muuto reFrance kwakanga kuri ufakazi hwekuti nzanga yeFrance yakanga yakazarukira vose. Mauto echiFrench ndiwo akanga ari okutanga muhondo dzenyika kuva neuto rakasanganiswa chose chose, rine varwi veVietnam, veAlgeria uye veAfrica vairwa pamwe chete navaFrench vachena. Kunyange zvazvo muchiito, paiva nomuganhu weruvara muFrance, mukati memamiriro ezvinhu enguva iyo France yakanga iri nyika yakanga yakazaruka kune vanhu vasiri vachena nemuenzaniso muimbi weAfrica-America Josephine Baker achiwana dhigirii rekugamuchirwa muFrance raasina kumbowana munyika yake. VaFrench vaishevedza munhu upi noupi anobva kuFrench West Africa kuti "Senegalese" pasinei nokuti vakabva kuSenegal chaizvoizvo here kana kuti kwete; vazhinji ve"vaSenegalese" vakanga vasiri vokuSenegal.