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A man from Labé, Guinea, speaking Pular and West African French. African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 167 million people in Africa in 2023 or 51% of the French-speaking population of the world [4] [5] [6] spread across 34 countries and territories.
He was the first person of West African origin elected to the French Chamber of Deputies, [12]: 111 and the first to hold a position in the French government. Ngalandou Diouf , elected in 1909 to represent the commune of Rufisque at the advisory General Assembly ( Conseil Général ) of Saint-Louis, then capital of colonial Senegal.
French people of Cape Verdean descent (2 C, 9 P) French people of Central African Republic descent (2 C, 2 P) French people of Chadian descent (2 C, 5 P)
The name LaKeisha is typically considered American in origin but has elements drawn from both African and French roots. Apostrophes are seen more often within African-American names than other American names, such as the names Mo'nique and D'Andre. [4] [14]
A central feature of Françafrique was that state-to-state relations between French and African leaders were informal and family-like and were bolstered by a dense web of personal networks (or réseaux in French), whose activities were funded from the coopération budget.
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Writing in French by Africans was formerly classified as "colonial literature" and discussed as part of colonial studies for its ethnographical interest, rather than studied for its literary merit. Any texts in French from the colonies and territories that were considered to have merit were subsumed under the classification of French literature .
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