Awardee: Zhanchong WU
Certificate Indentification No. YTPE2023ZCWU
The author, Zhanchong WU, employed a range of robust research methods, including information retrieval, data analysis and comparisons, and real-world illustrations, enabling to conduct comprehensive and objective assessments of France’s economic, natural resource and military oppression and plundering of its former African colonies, particularly the Niger, as well as how it maintains its political and economic influence and military presence in West Africa and the Sahel region. His proficiency in French is used as a powerful tool to facilitate international research regarding French-speaking regions, bridges the knowledge and research findings acquired from the French-speaking world to the broader English-speaking realms, and to make it possible for the world to comprehend the intricate nature of France’s connection with her former colonies in Africa.