Felix Eboué: First Black Man Appointed Governor in the French Colonies
Felix Eboué became the first black man to be appointed governor in the French colonies, in Guadeloupe; as governor of Chad, he joined the Free French in their struggle against the Nazis and persuaded other French-African countries to follow.
Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué born in Cayenne, French Guiana.
In 1936 he was appointed governor of Guadeloupe, the first man of black African descent to be appointed to such a senior post anywhere in the French colonies.
As governor of the whole area between 1940 and 1944, Éboué acted to improve the status of Africans.
He classified 200 educated Africans as “notable évolués” and reduced their taxes.I n 1922, he was initiated freemason at “La France Équinoxiale” lodge in Cayenne.
