An economics book first. As a scholarly and precise scientist, the author demonstrates the mechanism of monetary repression in France's former African colonies.

The maintenance of the CFA Franc, in other words, the straitjacket of African countries confined to the franc zone, is primarily the cause of the persistent poverty, humiliation and underdevelopment that has become a mineral reality in French-speaking African countries.

Nicolas Agbohou defends his thesis with lively, clear language and a host of relevant arguments and statements.

He is the opposite of those disembodied and dull scientists who, using their erudition, state the obvious, then turn off the light and leave the battlefield. Agbohou is African, passionately so. He is a continental patriot. A man in revolt. In short: an intellectual committed to serving popular struggles and the enlightenment to come.