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Countries without Currency
This article by Rahmane Idrissa appeared in the London Review of Books. In the article Idrissa gives a histrical overview of the colonial transition from local African trade currencies to the CFA franc and the influence of France on currency developments in Western Africa.
This article appeared in Africa’s Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story by Fanny Pigeaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla, translated by Thomas Fazi. Pluto, 168 pp.
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02 December 2021
About the author(s) / editor(s)
Abdourahmane Idrissa is a political scientist and currently works on the politics of Islam and secularism in Africa, and a modern history of Niger.
Posted on 20 January 2022, last modified on 20 January 2022