Abstract: The regional consciousness in West Africa came before the territorial nationalism of the area and they had at times been coincided, mutually accelerated and developing in the history.

• 内容提要西非区域意识先于西非领地性民族意识出现，二者在历史上既有重合的时候，也有此消彼长的时候，还有互为促进、共同发展的时候。