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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
3. The “French–Africa Connection” and the Refusal to Decolonize
Author : Kenneth Omeje
Published in: The Failure and Feasibility of Capitalism in Africa
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
This chapter examines the peculiar context of the Francophone African countries whose economies have evidently been far more characterized by the loss of economic and monetary sovereignty than the rest of postcolonial Africa. It is evident that to protect their strategic interests in Africa, the French have long championed a policy of active interference and engagement with their ex-colonies since the latter were granted political independence, which tantamounts to “a refusal to decolonize.” France aims to maintain postcolonial relationships with the African countries under its neocolonial orbit through a set of structural and relational arrangements loosely known as Françafrique. The various dimensions of Françafrique are discussed in the chapter—the sociocultural, educational, geopolitical, military and economic dimensions.