The Francophone World: Cultural Issues and Perspectives introduces readers to French-speaking
communities across the globe and offers a perspective on the cultures that have developed in
the wake of French exploration and colonization. This book explores the French influence in
West Africa the diversity of cultures within the Caribbean the Francophone communities of
North America and the plight of North African immigrants living in France. Through these
interdisciplinary essays and the discussion questions that follow them readers can examine
such wide-ranging topics as the media in Francophone West Africa the special status of women
writers in Senegal and the mix of cultures in Martinique and French Guiana. This book also
highlights the transition into modernity in Burkina Faso the theater of Aimé Césaire
literature and culture in Québec and the French presence in the northeastern United States.
