The United States of Latin Africa (Les Etats-Unis de l'Afrique Latine) was the proposed union of Romance-language-speaking African countries envisioned by Barthélémy Boganda. The countries to be part of this large federal entity were Angola, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, the Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. The idea's implementation was cut short with Boganda's death in a plane crash on March 29, 1959. Many economists today strongly advocate the creation of such a union of countries which would constitute a powerful market and create a more viable infrastructure for sustainable internal development and international trade. The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ... Barthélemy Boganda (4 April 1910 – 29 March 1959) was the leading pre-independence nationalist in the Central African Republic. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Latin Africa
• Pan-African Federation