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 Conference paper |
 Leiden University catalogue |
| Title: | France and Africa: an Indian perspective |
| Editor: | Dubey, Ajay |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 188 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Delhi |
| Publisher: | Kalinga Publications |
| ISBN: | 9788190746106 |
| Geographic terms: | French-speaking Africa Subsaharan Africa India France |
| Subjects: | international relations foreign policy conference papers (form) 2007 |
| Abstract: | India was very active in African decolonization and antiracial struggles but had little interaction with the bulk of francophone African countries. In the wake of globalization, Indo-francophone Africa relations started changing. India's biggest challenge is the lack of adequate knowledge about francophone Africa and the absence of historical linkages and interactions. The real problem of Indian engagement with the region is not so much the French language as the presence of Franco-centric and French-controlled institutions of governance, business and civil society. An Indian perspective on France and francophone Africa needs to understand and analyse the space which French influence leaves open to outsiders. Against this background, the present publication presents the proceedings of a national symposium organized in February 2007 by the Francophone African Studies Programme in the School of International Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with the African Studies Association of India. The participants included academics, top diplomatic officials of the French and Indian governments, and representatives of media and business. The proceedings are organized in three sections: 1. France and francophone Africa (introductory remarks, keynote address) - 2. France and Africa: implications for India (overviews of franco-African relations, the role of French language and culture in Indo-West African relations, French policy in North Africa, French security policy, French military engagement in Djibouti and Chad, French policies in the Western Indian Ocean islands) - 3. France, India and francophone Africa (overviews of India and francophone Africa relations, the role of oil, India's activities in the development sector, the Indian diaspora as a resource for Indo-French cooperation). Papers by: Ajay Dubey, Ankita Bhattacharjee, Aparajita Biswas, J.P.Sharma, Jyoti Tyagi, Kusum Aggarwal, Owen Sichone, Navdeep Singh Suri, Nivedita Ray, Romey Borges, G. Rathinavelu, Ruchita Beri, S.N. Malakar, Suresh Kumar, Vidhan Pathak. [ASC Leiden abstract] |