Pan-Africanist rhetoric suppresses critical scrutiny of the eco plan

Evidence

Unfortunately, the problematic nature of the ECOWAS single currency, as described in Chapter 7, has not yet been debated. The current discussions on the limits of the euro area have so far not influenced the reflections on the eco, its African counterpart. In the name of an abstract pan-Africanism, any objection to the risks and desirability of a euro-area type of monetary integration is generally dismissed and denounced as a desire to ‘balkanise’ the continent. — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 382 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Pan-Africanist rhetoric silences criticism of the eco’s eurozone-style risks — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 382; Participatory management rhetoric conceals a reorganization that strips subordinate power.

Broader Connections