Fanny Pigeaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla, "Africa's Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story" (Pluto Press, 2021)
New Books in African Studies
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CFS Franc Violence and Repression
Since 1960, only two countries have left the Franc zone and that's Mauritania and Madagascar in 1973. In 2011 during the post-election crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, France used the institutions of the CFS Franc to organize a financial expatriation of the ivory course. And with the same means, we're used this year in early 2022 to punish the transitional authorities in Mali. We can explain that because, well, Madagascar, for example, was able to leave the zone for several reasons. The Malaga Sea leaders at that time had a strong social base and a clear objective,. On the opposite side, French power was divided. President Porpedo was not
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