“Ma patrie, c’est la langue française,†said Albert Camus –– “My country is the French language.†The Algerian-born author understood that all French-speakers, whatever their place of birth, are united in what is called la francophonie.
La Francophonie? It’s more than 175 million French-speaking people from over fifty different countries, whose number has tripled in the last fifty years. French is still the world’s other global language, assert the authors of bestseller The Story of French, Jean-Francois Nadeau and Maud Barlow.
La Francophonie represents a carnaval of cultures spanning the continents from Marrakesh to Montréal and from Toulouse to Tahiti. Join us to sample food, dance to the music and try your luck at our raffle on Friday March 5, the kick off evening to our month long-celebration of la Francophonie.
Location
Alliance Francaise
54 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, ILUnited States
