Between Stability and Sovereignty: Investigating actor preferences and monetary sovereignty in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
In 2017, thousands of young Africans took to the streets across West Africa protesting the CFA franc — a currency created by France in 1945 for its African colonies — sparking debates over monetary sovereignty and French neocolonialism. As opposition has grown, so has the need to understand the political economy of this monetary regime. This thesis engages with this debate and investigates the sup
