2023-08-10 10:40:00
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WORDS FROM AFRICA #3. For Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego, “there is an asymmetry in the way Africans experience France and how the French experience Africa”.
Interview by Malick Diawara and Viviane Forson For Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego, former coordinator of the Presidential Council for Africa, former chairman of the supervisory board of KPMG France, currently a member of several boards of directors, “competition of France could be beneficial if it is taken for what it is, that is to say a real call for competition and not a disavowal. © DR Published on 08/10/2023 at 09:55 – Modified on 08/10/2023 at 10:40
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While the coup d’état in Niger occupies everyone’s mind and appears to be a decisive turning point for the fate of democratically elected regimes, particularly in French-speaking Africa, the question of France’s relationship with African countries is still being asked. Are we contemporaneous with a moment of historical change illustrating that Africa is definitively turning its back on France? Russian flags here and there, unfriendly remarks fueling a French bashing, questions on both sides are all elements that could make people believe it. However, listening to Africans confide their perception of the upheavals observed in relations between Africa and France, we understand that the reality is more nuanced. Former chairman of the supervisory board of…
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