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Author Pigeaud, Fanny, author.

Title Africa's last colonial currency : the CFA Franc story / Fanny Pigeaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla ; translated by Thomas Fazi.

Publication Info. London : Pluto Press, 2021.
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (148 pages)
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Contents 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.
Summary Colonialism persists in many African countries due to the continuation of imperial monetary policy. This is the little-known account of the CFA Franc and economic imperialism. The CFA Franc was created in 1945, binding fourteen African states and split into two monetary zones. Why did French colonial authorities create it and how does it work? Why was independence not extended to monetary sovereignty for former French colonies? Through an exploration of the genesis of the currency and an examination of how the economic system works, the authors seek to answer these questions and more. As protests against the colonial currency grow, the need for myth-busting on the CFA Franc is vital and this expose of colonial infrastructure proves that decolonisation is unfinished business.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Franc, CFA -- History.
Franc, CFA.
History.
Money -- Africa, French-speaking -- History.
Money.
French-speaking Africa.
Monetary policy -- France -- History.
Monetary policy.
France.
Monetary unions -- Africa, French-speaking West -- History.
Monetary unions.
France -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa, French-speaking.
International economic relations.
Africa, French-speaking -- Foreign economic relations -- France.
Africa, French-speaking -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Economic history.
French-speaking Western Africa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Sylla, Ndongo Samba, author.
Fazi, Thomas, translator.
Added Title Arme invisible de la Françafrique. English
Other Form: Print version: Pigeaud, Fanny. Africa's last colonial currency : The CFA franc story. London : Pluto Press, 2021 0745341780 9780745341781 (OCoLC)1133125928
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