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Cultural Trip to Côte d’Ivoire: Days 1-2
When Mrs. Patricia Mertz from Ivory Coast Mothers and Children (ICMC) invited me to visit a village where she had spent decades building a clinic and helping the locals, I jumped at the opportunity. It was an amazing chance to discover a different Francophone culture and turned into one of the most eye-opening experiences of… Read more
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Black Skin, White Masks: A Brief History on Cultural Assimilation
‘Black Skin, White Masks’ is the title of Frantz Fanon’s world-renowned book on racism, dehumanisation and the psychological impacts of assimilation on the oppressed. Although it was written over 70 years ago, the book tackles cultural issues still present today in oppressed communities around the world. What is cultural assimilation and what face does it… Read more
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Français d’Afrique: Une langue Africaine comme une autre
Aujourd`hui, il y a environ 320 millions de francophones dans le monde, dont 60% vivent en Afrique (TV5Monde, 2022). Ce numéro ne cesse de monter; selon une étude de l`Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, l`Afrique regroupera en 2050 presque 85% des francophones. Cependant, le français en Afrique a subi de nombreuses changements en raison de l’histoire… Read more
