Marguerite Duras (1914 – 1996) was born in Vietnam to French parents

jeudi, le quatorze septembre

A banh-mi sandwich combines French and Vietnamese culinary forms by having pickled vegetables on a baguette.

In memory of September 11, 2001 The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.

Bonjour! mardi, le dix octobre. On October 2, 1958, Guinea became the first of France’s colonies in Africa to achieve independence.

L’Enfant noir, by the Guinean writer Camara Laye is often considered the first masterpiece of francophone African literature.

Une si longue lettre (A Very Long Letter) is a novel by Mariama Bâ of Senegal which discusses the problems of modern women living in traditional African.

Une si longue lettre (A Very Long Letter) is a novel by Mariama Bâ of Senegal which discusses the problems of modern women living in traditional African.

The country now known as Democratic Republic of Congo was formerly the personal property of the King of Belgium.

During the “scramble for Africa” (1880 – 1914) France colonized a large area in northern and western Africa. It gained further African territories from.

Throughout Cambodia there are many neighborhoods with architecture which is a legacy of the French colonial period.

The Rogers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific” is set on a francophone island. Thus, the first words heard in the show are a song in French. Dites-moi,

New Caledonia was an impotant allied military base during World War II

In memory of September 11, 2001 The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.

mardi, le douze septembre

mercredi, le treize septembre

vendredi, le vingt neuf septembre

mercredi, le onze octobre

Timbuktu is a city on Le fleuve niger, whose name has at times been used to mean a very remote and inaccessible place.

vendredi, le six octobre

The formerly French countries of Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauretania are amongst the countries known as The Maghreb.