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Sia Kambou · AFP · Getty
A cartoon on social media late last year showed a cockerel in the colours of the French flag pecking a sack of grain shaped like Africa. It was popular in Africa’s Francophone countries, part of unprecedented criticism in places France used to call its backyard (1). There have been similar sentiments expressed in the media, public statements and meetings across Central and West Africa; shouts of ‘Down with France!’ on the streets of Bamako, Mali, during demonstrations in late 2019 and early 2020 demanding the withdrawal of troops involved in the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane; and students ripped up a French flag in Zinder, Niger.
Sia Kambou · AFP · Getty
A cartoon on social media late last year showed a cockerel in the colours of the French flag pecking a sack of grain shaped like Africa. It was popular in Africa’s Francophone countries, part of unprecedented criticism in places France used to call its backyard (1). There have been similar sentiments expressed in the media, public statements and meetings across Central and West Africa; shouts of ‘Down with France!’ on the streets of Bamako, Mali, during demonstrations in late 2019 and early 2020 demanding the withdrawal of troops involved in the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane; and students ripped up a French flag in Zinder, Niger.