LibGuides: French: Francophone Cultures

Francophone Countries - Countries and Territories where French is the native language or French is regularly in use

Europe - France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland

Africa - Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Réunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Tunisia

Americas and the Caribbean - Canada, Dominica, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Säo Tomé and Principe

Asia - Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam

Oceania - French Polynesia, Iles de Hoorn, New Caledonia, Vanuatu

South America - French Guiana

French is the official language in Belgium, Benin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu, and Viet Nam.

Websites

Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie
AUF is an international association comprising universities, grandes écoles, academic networks and scientific research centers that use the French language all over the world.
BBC Education Guide - The French-Speaking World
Bibliothèque électronique de Lisieux
A collection of literary texts and literature in the public domain.
Génériques
The history and memory of immigration
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
The International Organisation of La Francophonie was created in 1970. Its mission is to embody the active solidarity between its 80 member states and governments (57 members and 23 observers), which together represent over one-third of the United Nations’ member states and account for a population of over 890 million people, including 220 million French speakers.
Reseau France Outre-Mer
France Télévisions group operating on four continents a network of ten television channels and ten public radio stations to the French overseas territories.
La bibliothèque Reseau francophone numérique
Collaborative project among 'francophone' libraries to digitize books, newspapers, journals, archives, maps and audiovisual documents.
Services culturelles de l'Ambassade de France
French Embassy - Higher Education, Arts, and French Language