Françafrique

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Etymology

Blend of France +‎ Afrique.

  • 15 août 1945, Jean Piot, "Il nous faudra surtout concentrer notre effort sur l'essentiel - sur ce qui, dans le monde nouveau, doit faire, à l'avantage commun, bloc avec nous : sur ce que j'appellerai la « Françafrique » in L'Aurore : organe de la résistance républicaine

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Proper noun

Françafrique f

  1. (often derogatory) relations between France and its former colonies in Africa; often characterized by users of the term as exploitative, corrupt and/or neocolonialistic

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