Talk:Françafrique

Pejorative
Is it really pejorative? < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 15:55, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if that's the right label. It's certainly not the word of choice for people who are supportive of it. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 06:10, 9 May 2017 (UTC)


 * WP article says: The term was derived from the expression France-Afrique, which was used by the first president of Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, in 1955 to describe his country's close ties with France. It was later renamed Françafrique by François-Xavier Verschave in 1998 to criticise the alleged corrupt and clandestine activities of various Franco-African political, economic and military networks." Our definition does not mention corruption etc. Equinox ◑ 03:30, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * In Jean Piot's view or imagination, it should have been a kind of commonwealth (like Canada and Australia) (see left column of l'Aurore, 15 august 1945, in https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4125626f/f1.item )