France Beyond Politics: The Civilisation that Continues to Shape the World, by Usman Sarki

“A nation is great not by its size alone, but by the justice it upholds and the ideals it serves”— Jean JuaresThere is a tendency in contemporary African discourse to reduce France to a set of political quarrels, historical grievances, and present-day misalignments. In the heated rhetoric of the Sahel, France is spoken of only as a fading power, a resented former colonial authority, or a scapegoat for domestic failures. This framing, while emotionally potent and simplisti