“Above all, we will have to talk about the outdated, unsuitable, demeaning vocabulary that still resides in your speeches and that of your institutions when you address yourself to Africa.
At the Africa-France summit, the Burkinabè Ragnimwendé Eldaa Koama spoke to the applause of the public.
This year, it is not heads of state but actors of civil society who were invited to discuss with Emmanuel Macron.
The engineer and entrepreneur, whose speech made the public laugh and react, criticized the assistantship of Africa wanted, according to her, by France: "Know that Africa will develop by itself, by local and solid potential of the diaspora, and certainly in the interdependence with the other nations of the planet.
But above all through healthy, transparent and constructive collaborations.
Listen to Ragnimwendé Eldaa Koama's virulent speech in our partner Brut's video.
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