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| Title: | Francophone Africa: The Enduring French Connection |
| Author: | Staniland, Martin |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Periodical: | Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |
| Issue: | 489 |
| Period: | January |
| Pages: | 51-62 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | French-speaking Africa France |
| Subjects: | foreign policy Inter-African Relations Economics and Trade international relations |
| Abstract: | France's relations with its former colonies remain close after 26 years of independence, and France has tried hard in the last decade to expand its sphere of influence beyond the excolonial core. This article examines French economic and security interests in Africa, as well as the role of Africa in France's foreign policy. It also considers some of the contradictions in French policy, the problems encountered by the Socialist government between May 1981 and March 1986, and the longer-term trend toward greater discretion and discrimination in dealing with African States. Finally, it discusses the analytic problems raised by the peculiar postcolonial relationship between France and French-speaking Africa. Notes, ref. |