The French president Emmanuel Macron has a formidable opponent. No, I am not writing about coming elections in France. I am talking about the French desire to keep a hold on all those French speaking countries (the Francophonie) in the world. 

The Congo – born writer Alain Mabanckou has his own opinions about the role the French government wants to play among all these countries. Will the French language will be rope around a neck or will it be a two-way connection between countries? Read more about these issues here.