Fanny Pigeaud is an independent French journalist and Mediapart contributor. Her books on France’s influence in Africa include Africa's Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story, written together with Ndongo Samba Sylla.
In October’s election, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president, Paul Biya, retained his four-decade-long grip on power. Electoral fraud and repression trap Cameroon in a system inherited from colonization, designed to serve foreign interests and a small elite.
In France’s former African colonies, imperialist monetary policies from Paris continue to cripple domestic economies and undermine democracy. Colonialism in Africa won’t have meaningfully come to an end until true economic sovereignty is allowed to flourish.