Fanny Pigeaud is a journalist and the author of a number of books, including A Decade of Cameroon (Brill, 2019).Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Research and Programme Manager for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. He is the author of The Fair Trade Scandal (Pluto, 2014).

• Foreword by William F. Mitchell Map Introduction1. A Currency at the Service of the ‘Colonial Pact’ 2. The CFA System3. Resistance and Reprisal4. France in Command5. At the Service of the Françafrique 6. An Obstacle to Development 7. An Unsustainable Status Quo Epilogue Postface Notes Index

'For decades, the CFA Franc question has been, for the elite of Francophone Africa, more than a mere taboo subject, a sort of shameful wound. Tongues are starting to loosen, and this book comes at a perfect time'

Fanny Pigeaud is a journalist and the author of a number of books, including A Decade of Cameroon (Brill, 2019).Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Research and Programme Manager for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. He is the author of The Fair Trade Scandal (Pluto, 2014).

• Foreword by William F. Mitchell Map Introduction1. A Currency at the Service of the ‘Colonial Pact’ 2. The CFA System3. Resistance and Reprisal4. France in Command5. At the Service of the Françafrique 6. An Obstacle to Development 7. An Unsustainable Status Quo Epilogue Postface Notes Index

'For decades, the CFA Franc question has been, for the elite of Francophone Africa, more than a mere taboo subject, a sort of shameful wound. Tongues are starting to loosen, and this book comes at a perfect time'

Fanny Pigeaud is a journalist and the author of a number of books, including A Decade of Cameroon (Brill, 2019).Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Research and Programme Manager for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. He is the author of The Fair Trade Scandal (Pluto, 2014).

• Foreword by William F. Mitchell Map Introduction1. A Currency at the Service of the ‘Colonial Pact’ 2. The CFA System3. Resistance and Reprisal4. France in Command5. At the Service of the Françafrique 6. An Obstacle to Development 7. An Unsustainable Status Quo Epilogue Postface Notes Index

'For decades, the CFA Franc question has been, for the elite of Francophone Africa, more than a mere taboo subject, a sort of shameful wound. Tongues are starting to loosen, and this book comes at a perfect time'