Official Francophonie (2)

Official Francophonie
 Term coined in 1880 by Onésime Reclus
 A movement born outside France
 Leopold Sedar Senghor, “Le français, langue de culture”, Esprit
vol. 311 (Nov. 1962)
 Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodia)
 Hamani Diori (Niger)
 1969 First conference in Niamey, Niger
 1986 First Summit in Versailles and Paris
 Cooperation in various areas: economy, culture, technology
Official Francophonie (2)
 Summits
 1987
 1989
 1997
 1999
 2002
 2004
 2006
 2008
 2010
Quebec City
Dakar, Senegal
Hanoï, Viet Nam
Moncton, New-Brunswick
Beirut, Lebanon
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso
Bucharest, Rumania
Quebec City
Montreux Suisse
Official Francophonie (3)
 In France
 “Ministre chargé à la Coopération, au Développement
et à la Francophonie”
 Conseil Supérieur de la Langue Française
 Studies questions concerning the French language, its use and
diffusion
 Haut Conseil de la Francophonie
 International organization
 Secretary-general: Abdou Diouf since 2003
Official Francophonie (4)
 55 countries
 More than 500 M members
 FRANCE (Pop. 60M)
 4 DOMs Réunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana
 Pays d’Outre-Mer French Polynesia
 Territoire d’Outre-Mer Wallis-and-Futuna
 Collectivité territoriale Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
 Collectivité sui generis New-Caledonia
Three types of Francophone
countries
 Frontier Francophonie
 Europe: Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg
 XVIIth century settlements
 Caribbean,
 Indian Ocean
 XIXth century colonization
 North Africa, Western and Central Africa
 Indochina
 Oceania
Themes in FCS 397F 2010
 French colonization
 The colonial wars
 The French Vietnam War (1946-1954)
 The Algerian war (1954-1962)
 Post colonialism
 Effect of the former settlers
 Immigration to France
Countries discussed in
FCS 397F 2010
 Algeria
 Indochine
 Vietnam, Laos , Cambodia
 West Africa
 Cameroon : Chocolat
 Gabon: Coup de Torchon
 Senegal: Xala
 Burkina-Faso: Keïta