French rule in Mali

Mali became a French colony in 1892 and was under an indirect rule until 1905 which shifted into a direct rule from France. In 1892 France appointted a civllian governor in Mali and the colony was called French Sudan. France had to shift into the direct rule  in 1905 because there was to much resistance against France. Mali was a colony until they were able to agree with France on becoming fully independent on June 20, 1960.