CFA franc was introduced in 1945 as the currency of several African countries. After 80 years, are CFA country leaders willing to confront the political & historical realities that uphold this colonial currency? Read Article […]
16.11.2024 Since 2020, there have been 8 coups in African countries living under French neocolonial rule. Yet, this victory for people power is framed in the West as “democratic backsliding.”
The widening debt crisis largely stems from a flawed multilateral system. But it also reflects the limitations of mainstream economic thinking Ndongo Samba Sylla, Head of Research and Policy for the Africa Region at International […]
Ndongo Samba Sylla tells us of the challenges facing Africa through the story of Thomas Sankara and breaks down what Sankara meant when he told the people to “live as African.” Ndongo suggests that the […]
We felt it was important to reproduce this twiter thread concerning current events in the Sahel as it is the only thing that has crediblity and a sharp analysis. Being a thread it is in […]
Listen HERE Countries of the Global South usually are tied to debt in a foreign currency for a number of reasons, including balance of payment constraints and the capture of export income by transnational corporations. […]
French imperialism in Africa and the struggle for economic and political liberation in Senegal and the continent Read HERE
Explains how our global economic systems link up with the political ones, from the IMF’s structural adjustment to “public-private partnerships” Listen Here
For those who have studied the history of colonial Africa through its fiscal and monetary dimensions, the similarities between colonial macroeconomics and neoliberal macroeconomics are striking. Read here
Patricia and Christian talk to Senegalese development economist and author Ndongo Samba Sylla about the political challenges facing countries with limited financial sovereignty and Africa’s last colonial currency – the CFA Franc. Listen here
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