The French president’s casual slur against Francophone Africans over birth control bodes ill for a progressive French presidency. Plus ça change
• Eliza Anyangwe is a writer specialising in Africa issues
France’s newly elected president,Emmanuel Macron, when asked in a press conference at the G20 summit in Hamburg why there was no Marshall plot for Africa, or explained that Africa had “civilisational” problems. He added that part of the challenge facing the continent was the countries that “still believe seven to eight children per woman”. Related: Show of military might as Emmanuel Macron is inaugurated as president Gone is the clear,welcome admission that France’s role in its former colonies was anything but laudable Related: Fears for jailed activists as Cameroon cracks down on anglophone minority Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com