Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Françafrique" in English language version.
The system of personal networks which backed these controversial practices is pejoratively referred to as "Francafrique".
It seems now apparent that the very concept of la Francafrique when it to pertains to a form of gross dependency on France by African elites is now unattractive. But conversely, when it facilitates the benefits that may be accrued from parts of Africa being within the French sphere of influence, or the continuation of the exploitation of the continent's raw materials, then close ties between Paris and African capitals is desirable.
In its simplest sense, Françafrique can be interpreted within IR literature as meaning France's 'sphere of influence' or its 'pré carré' (backyard), which presupposes the hierarchical order of an otherwise anarchical international system.
Since political independence, France has maintained a privileged sphere of influence—the so-called 'pré carré'—in sub-Saharan Africa, based on a series of family-like ties with its former colonies.
The article comparatively analyses Franco-Burundian and Franco-Rwandan relations during the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. From the 1970s, the two former Belgian colonies were integrated into the complex political, economic, cultural and military system that France implemented with its former colonies.
Foccart, who helped de Gaulle maintain France's sphere of influence over its former colonies after the fires of independence spread across Africa in the 1960s, took Bourgi under his wing.
For those involved in what has become to known nowadays as "Françafrique", denoting the special French sphere of influence in Africa, many along Albert Bourgi of Jeune Afrique, saw Foccart's death as an end of an epoch.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)France's relationship with its former African colonies is known as "Françafrique," which is commonly mocked as "France à fric," since "fric" is slang for money.
Since political independence, France has maintained a privileged sphere of influence—the so-called 'pré carré'—in sub-Saharan Africa, based on a series of family-like ties with its former colonies.
In its simplest sense, Françafrique can be interpreted within IR literature as meaning France's 'sphere of influence' or its 'pré carré' (backyard), which presupposes the hierarchical order of an otherwise anarchical international system.
Since political independence, France has maintained a privileged sphere of influence—the so-called 'pré carré'—in sub-Saharan Africa, based on a series of family-like ties with its former colonies.