Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Франсафрика" in Ukrainian language version.
For those involved in what has become to known nowadays as "Francafrique", 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 journal}}: Cite має пустий невідомий параметр: |1= (довідка)The system of personal networks which backed these controversial practices is pejoratively referred to as "Francafrique".
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.
{{cite journal}}: Cite має пустий невідомий параметр: |1= (довідка)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 "Francafrique", 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 journal}}: Cite має пустий невідомий параметр: |1= (довідка)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.