Of France and its Former Colonies in Africa
Did the French intervention help Mali or did it worsen the situation? I
recall not everyone welcomed the French intervention in Mali and indeed the
fact that France is always fast in intervening in African states especially its
former colonies has never been met with ululations. Some still see France as a
colonizer, as a country that never let it go even long after independence of the
said states was declared. Is France still a colonial master of most of the countries
especially in central and west Africa? Some think so. For instance, Algerian
newspaper, Liberte, commenting on France’s intervention in Mali held that: “The
French military intervention has been code-named ‘Serval.’ Now, for those who
do not know, the Serval is an African Cat of prey that has the peculiar trait
of urinating thirty times an hour to mark its territory. Is Frances’s
interventions a result of the country’s obsession to cling to its territory in
the name of assisting its former colonies?
Of France and its Former Colonies in Africa
Reviewed by Ibrahim Magara
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May 24, 2016
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