Fanny Pigeaud

Africa's Last Colonial Currency

The CFA Franc Story

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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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Sylla, Ndongo Samba

ISBN: 978-1-78680-669-7
EAN: 9781786806697
Produktnummer: 35785320
Verlag: Pluto Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Plattform: EPUB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

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).