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Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">48011</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2025-27-4-734-745</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">DVFVEG</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>POSTCOLONIAL DEVELOPMENT</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПОСТКОЛОНИАЛЬНОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Postcolonial Policy of France in Africa: Change of Neo-Colonial Paradigms</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Постколониальная политика Франции в Африке: смена неоколониальных парадигм</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4338-4363</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Camara</surname><given-names>Sidy</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Камара</surname><given-names>Сиди</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Assistant, Teacher-researcher of Department of public law</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>ассистент, преподаватель-исследователь кафедры публичного права</p></bio><email>sidicamara1980@yahoo.fr</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-8387</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Podshibyakina</surname><given-names>Tatyana A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Подшибякина</surname><given-names>Татьяна Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Political Science</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, профессор кафедры теоретической и прикладной политологии</p></bio><email>tapodshibyakina@sfedu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Legal and Political Sciences of Bamako (USJPB)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет юридических и политических наук</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Southern Federal University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Южный федеральный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-12-31" publication-format="electronic"><day>31</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>27</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Politics in Africa and Africa in Politics</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Политика в Африке и Африка в политике</issue-title><fpage>734</fpage><lpage>745</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-01-12"><day>12</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Camara S., Podshibyakina T.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Камара С., Подшибякина Т.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Camara S., Podshibyakina T.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Камара С., Подшибякина Т.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/48011">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/48011</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The relevance of the study of the problems of France’s postcolonial policy in Africa is determined by global geopolitical changes that have increased the importance of the “Global South” in the world. The Republic of Mali is a clear example of the rapid transformation of relations with France, its former metropolis. The purpose of the study is to identify the neocolonial nature of two foreign policy strategies of “Françafrique” and “Afrique-France” in France’s postcolonial policy. The theoretical basis for achieving this goal is the theory of postcolonial discourse, which belongs to the scientific direction of postcolonial studies (E. Said, H. Baba, G. Spivak). To solve the research problems, the concept of “deconstruction” of the theory of postcolonial discourse was used, which describes the way to identify and criticize colonial stereotypes. The preservation of colonial stereotypes in the strategies of France’s African policy, which are reflected in the public consciousness of French society, is proven. The result of the study is to establish the causes and methods of reproducing colonial stereotypes in the postcolonial policy of France, to identify the principles of formation of discursive technologies for promoting “Western” neocolonial strategies in political practices.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Актуальность исследования проблем постколониальной политики Франции в Африке определяется глобальными геополитическими изменениями, вызвавшими усиление значимости Глобального Юга в мире. Республика Мали является наглядным примером быстрой трансформации отношений с Францией - ее бывшей метрополией. Цель исследования - выявить неоколониальный характер двух внешнеполитических стратегий «Франсафрик» (Françafrique) и «Африк-Франс» (Afrique-France) в постколониальной политике Франции. Теоретическим основанием для ее достижения является теория постколониального дискурса, относящаяся к научному направлению постколониальных исследований (Э. Саид, Х. Баба, Г. Спивак). Для решения задач исследования был использован концепт «деконструкции» теории постколониального дискурса, описывающий способ выявления и критики колониальных стереотипов. Доказано сохранение колониальных стереотипов в стратегиях африканской политики Франции, нашедших отражение и в общественном сознании французского общества. Результат исследования заключается в установлении причин и способов воспроизводства колониальных стереотипов в постколониальной политике Франции, выявлении принципов формирования дискурсивных технологий продвижения «западных» неоколониальных стратегий в политических практиках.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Postcoloniality</kwd><kwd>neocolonialism</kwd><kwd>theory of postcolonial discourse</kwd><kwd>postcolonial discourse</kwd><kwd>political strategy</kwd><kwd>deconstruction</kwd><kwd>Françafrique</kwd><kwd>Afrique-France</kwd><kwd>ethnopolitical separatism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>постколониальность</kwd><kwd>неоколониализм</kwd><kwd>теория постколониального дискурса</kwd><kwd>постколониальный дискурс</kwd><kwd>политическая стратегия</kwd><kwd>деконструкция</kwd><kwd>«Франсафрик» (Françafrique)</kwd><kwd>«Африк-Франс» (Afrique-France)</kwd><kwd>этнополитический сепаратизм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Alleno, K. 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