A good part of them being French, I don't see any problem with that....and now many Africans live in France itself...
A good part of them being French, I don't see any problem with that....and now many Africans live in France itself...
Look at the living standards in French Guyanne, then at Surinam, English Guiana and Brazil.That reminds me, why hasnt French Guiana clamoured for independence yet?
France was not perfect in the colonies, but from the main colonial powers, it was the one that accepted the most natives integration: if they followed French customs, then they could be considered equal.Wikipedia said:The Europeans possessed attitudes of superiority and a sense of mission. Khapoya compares and contrasts three colonial powers: the French, the British and the Portuguese. The French were able to accept an African as French, if he gave up his African culture and adopted French ways, even including marriage with a French woman. The British were unable to accept full equality even for one adopting British ways and disapproved of interracial marriage. The Portuguese were more tolerant than the British concerning mixed marriages, though still viewing full blooded Portuguese as superior. Knowledge of Portuguese language and culture and abandonment of traditional ways defined one as civilized.
Look at the living standards in French Guyanne, then at Surinam, English Guiana and Brazil.
France was not perfect in the colonies, but from the main colonial powers, it was the one that accepted the most natives integration: if they followed French customs, then they could be considered equal.
Colonization in black Africa really started at the end of the 19th century, so no, I can imagine a black African in the French court in 1700Are you sure? Hmmm a black African in the French Court as rich noble of the 1700.....I can imagine that
You see how much of the French Empire is desert compared to the British disease-ridden jungle
The dersert in French lands are like a good 70 - 80%
while for the British only are good 40%-50%
A pawn? Not even sure. At least a pawn can become a queen if you bring it to your opponent first row.What is Singapore but a pawn of the British and then of the US?
1- Colonization did not brought only bad effects
In 1960, France had build in Africa 2000 health center, 600 maternity, 40 hospitals, 18 000 km of railroads, 215 000 km of tracks usuable all year round, 50 000 km of paved roads, 63 ports and 196 aerodromes.
2 millions children were schooled in French colonies. In Black Africa, there was 16 000 primary school, 350 secondary school and college.
In 1960, 96% of the teachers were African (meaning that France formed native teachers, and not only send French one).
Regading health, many diseases were fought with success by the colonial power, and the child mortality decresed stringly during colonial time.
2- It was necessarily beneficial for the colonial power.
A few companies became rich thanks to colonialism, but the invenstement of France in Africa, to build infrastructure, develop agriculture, cost more than the benefits of the colonies. The global deficit for French colonialism in Africa is estimated to 70 billions Gold-Franc (1913), that's 3 times what France got with the Marshal plan to make a comparison.
A good part of them being French, I don't see any problem with that.
Does he? He has nothing against French citizens who respect the laws, whatever their colour and origin.M. Sarkozy does.
Does he? He has nothing against French citizens who respect the laws, whatever their colour and origin.
A pawn? Not even sure. At least a pawn can become a queen if you bring it to your opponent first row.
And Singapore airline has the prettiest female flight attendant in the world..Per capita, it is one of the most prosperous countries in the world, with one of the longest average lifespans, everything there is efficient and works properly, the streets are clean and safe, the parks are beautiful, the grass is green and the girls are pretty. It's certainly one of the best places in the world to live. I suspect that it will become more influential in the future as a model of how to run a city or indeed a country.
I was not speaking of the most spoken languages, but the most influential, where French can be seen as the second, with Spanish very close behind. And Spanish is likely to become second soon.
Summary here
http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm
Full detail here
http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/weber/rep-weber.htm
That's common law that comes from Britain (red), not civil law(blue)
Civil law is mainly based from the Roman civil law, and then can be divided in 3 main groups depending on their origin
French civil law: in France, the Benelux countries, Italy, Spain and former colonies of those countries;
German civil law: in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Japan, South Korea and the Republic of China;
Scandinavian civil law: in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Finland and Iceland inherited the system from their neighbors.
Obviously, French civil law is the "recent" (i.e. after Roman) origin of the legal system of more countries than the other systems.
And here in red, you have the countries which are NOT using the metric system
On that topic, you cannot deny the influence of France compared to USA or Britain.
@Sofista: I'm aware of this joke, but I'm not sure Aronax was joking