Spain is so close to Africa, why does Africa speak French? Why not learn Spanish?

This is because French came with the colonization of Africa by France and Belgium.

African French is the general term for various French varieties used by about 65,438+0,654,38+0,5 million Africans in 365,438+0 French-speaking African countries, including people who use French as their first and second languages in these countries, but excluding French speakers living in non-French-speaking countries. Africa is the continent with the largest number of French speakers in the world.

French came with the colonization of Africa by France and Belgium, and these French-speaking Africans are one of the important parts of French-speaking areas. French is the second language in Africa, but it has become the first language in some areas, such as reunion island and Abidjan in C? te d 'Ivoire.

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Information about the French colonies:

1.16th century, French fishermen started sailing in Newfoundland after navigators Velacano and Katia opened up shipping routes, thus opening the prelude to the expansion of French colonies. However, Spain's monopoly position in North America and the civil strife caused by France's defeat in the French religious war in the late16th century made it necessary for France to establish a colonial empire.

2. In the early days, France tried to colonize Brazil and invaded Rio de Janeiro and St. Louis in 1555 and 16 12 respectively. However, due to the vigilance and prevention of Portugal and Spain against France, France's aggression in both places and Florida in North America failed.

3. After the Sino-French War, French colonial rule in Southeast Asia was ensured and French Indian zhina was established. Later, it began to expand its influence in North Africa, and successively established its sphere of influence in Tunisia and Libya. In Central Africa, France gradually brought Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, C? te d 'Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Chad, Central Africa and Congo as well as the long and narrow coast of East Africa along Djibouti under its control.

Baidu Encyclopedia-African French