In France, the authorities seem to have become aware of the growing antagonism of African citizens vis-à-vis the CFA franc. This is testified, first of all, in the sudden increase in the French media of articles by ‘experts’ who obviously don’t waste any chance to celebrate the ‘stability’ of the CFA system, but rarely mention the handicaps involved.

Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa's Last Colonial Curr…, loc. 331