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Françafrique
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French
fr:
Etymology
fr France Afrique.
fr L'Aurore: organe de la résistance républicaine fr:Jean Piot (homme politique) Jean Piot 1945-08-15 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». Above all, we will need to concentrate our effort on what is essential — on what, in the new world, must form a solid bloc with us for the common advantage: on what I will call Françafrique.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Françafrique.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Françafrique.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Françafrique.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
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fr often pejorative relations between France and its former colonies in Africa; often characterized by users of the term as exploitative, corrupt and/or neocolonialistic
Derived terms
fr Chinafrique