French spoken in Africa

[John Ryan]

Hello people. I have a french presentation on tuesday, and the topic I am doing is the differences between the french spoken in france and the french spoken in Africa. Could anybody give me a list of some differences or even a link to useful information?

Cheers. ;)

[Pamela Kingfisher]

French spoken in France is learned from birth.
African french is learned, for the most part or most often in school. Therefore French is used for communication since there are so many dialects among clans and tribes. It is the official language for governments and used for commerce.
Good luck!
Pam

[Neil Coffey]

N.B. There are native speakers in Africa as well (notably in Algeria, though I think all countries where it is spoken). The term "African French" can have quite a wide interpretation and includes quite a lot of variation.

[Neil Coffey]

Last time I looked, there were some useful starters on Wikipedia (search for e.g. "African French").