Boganda was active prior to his country's independence, during the period when the area, part of French Equatorial Africa, was administered by France under the name of Oubangui-Chari.
Boganda terlibat aktif sebelum kemerdekaan negaranya, sepanjang periode ketika wilayah tersebut—bagian dari Afrika Ekuatorial Prancis—diperintah oleh Prancis dengan nama Oubangui-Chari.