Fanny Pigeaud, Ndongo Samba Sylla

Africa's Last Colonial Currency

The Cfa Franc Story
Übersetzer: Fazi, Thomas

• Broschiertes Buch

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: 215mm x 139mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 246g
• ISBN-13: 9780745341798
• ISBN-10: 0745341799
• Artikelnr.: 59353836

Autorenporträt

Fanny Pigeaud is a journalist and the author of a number of books, including A Decade of Cameroon (Brill, 2019). Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Research and Programme Manager for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. He is the author of The Fair Trade Scandal (Pluto, 2014).  

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