Fanny Pigeaud, Ndongo Samba Sylla

Africa's Last Colonial Currency

The CFA Franc Story

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Produktbeschreibung

How the CFA Franc enabled France to continue its colonies in Africa

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 246g
• ISBN-13: 9780745341798
• ISBN-10: 0745341799
• Artikelnr.: 59353836

Autorenporträt

Fanny Pigeaud is a French journalist who works with Mediapart and Le Monde diplomatique, amongst other outlets. She is co-author of Africa's Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story and author of A Decade of Cameroon.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by William F. Mitchell
Map
Introduction
1. A Currency at the Service of the 'Colonial Pact'
2. The CFA System
3. Resistance and Reprisal
4. France in Command
5. At the Service of the Françafrique
6. An Obstacle to Development
7. An Unsustainable Status Quo
Epilogue
Postface
Notes
Index