Saturday, June 29, 2013

USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: France Has Economically Enslaved West African Countries

[please reenrol professor mbodj on the list]

Purchase, NY 10577
Phone: 914-323 7183
Email: mohamed.mbodj@mville.edu
_______________________________
From: Mohamed Mbodj
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 10:53 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: RE: CFA

Dear Professor Mbaku,

I am trying to send this, but previously I failed to get through, so bear with me, just in case I need Ken Harrow's link again.

I am not sure why you inject Apartheid here, even if you equate it to colonialism. And I agree with you about colonial policies objectives. On the other hand, I just want to remain on that CFA issue. I am aware of the kind of the studies you mentioned, and I have participated in a few since the late 1970s when I was still teaching at UCAD. My point is I still do not see how much France has robbed so much UMOA countries though the CFA system. Yes again, monetarist policies alone do not build economic performance! I am not the one making that point. The sovereignty issue you invoke if more of a spurious claim as it does not feed the populations, nor does it make a country like Guinea "bigger than they are really"!. In countries dominated by a Sekou Toure, where are the decisions made by the "citizens"? Ghana may be doing "better" than its CFA neighbors, but it was already the case in the 1950s! Is the right of self-determination linked to an independent currency? Then how id China doing? And for my own self-esteem, I rather use the CFA non figurative notes and coins than currency adorning the founding father's picture. By the way, "the right to self-determination" was exercised when these governments were set up in 1958-1960, unless you consider that only Guinea has exercised these rights "correctly".

Mohamed Mbodj, Ph.D.
Professor,
History Department and
African & African-American Studies
Manhattanville College
2900, Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
Phone: 914-323 7183
Email: mohamed.mbodj@mville.edu



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: France Has Economically Enslaved West African Countries
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 03:10:02 +0000
From: Mohamed Mbodj <Mohamed.Mbodj@mville.edu>
To: harrow@msu.edu <harrow@msu.edu>


Ken,

Just sent this, but I got send failure message back!

Mohamed Mbodj, Ph.D.
Professor,
History Department and
African & African-American Studies
Manhattanville College
2900, Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
Phone: 914-323 7183
Email: mohamed.mbodj@mville.edu
_______________________________
From: Mohamed Mbodj
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 10:53 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: RE: CFA

Dear Professor Mbaku,

I am trying to send this, but previously I failed to get through, so bear with me, just in case I need Ken Harrow's link again.

I am not sure why you inject Apartheid here, even if you equate it to colonialism. And I agree with you about colonial policies objectives. On the other hand, I just want to remain on that CFA issue. I am aware of the kind of the studies you mentioned, and I have participated in a few since the late 1970s when I was still teaching at UCAD. My point is I still do not see how much France has robbed so much UMOA countries though the CFA system. Yes again, monetarist policies alone do not build economic performance! I am not the one making that point. The sovereignty issue you invoke if more of a spurious claim as it does not feed the populations, nor does it make a country like Guinea "bigger than they are really"!. In countries dominated by a Sekou Toure, where are the decisions made by the "citizens"? Ghana may be doing "better" than its CFA neighbors, but it was already the case in the 1950s! Is the right of self-determination linked to an independent currency? Then how id China doing? And for my own self-esteem, I rather use the CFA non figurative notes and coins than currency adorning the founding father's picture. By the way, "the right to self-determination" was exercised when these governments were set up in 1958-1960, unless you consider that only Guinea has exercised these rights "correctly".

Mohamed Mbodj, Ph.D.
Professor,
History Department and
African & African-American Studies
Manhattanville College
2900, Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
Phone: 914-323 7183
Email: mohamed.mbodj@mville.edu


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