Summary
In the discourse of the Francophonie, the term passeur describes people who, through their emigration, spread the French language to non-French-speaking territories. Is there necessarily a correlation between coming from a French-speaking country and being French-speaking ? Can a country be described as French-speaking when more than half its population lacks (sufficient) proficiency in French ? And why do Quebecers prefer to identify French-speaking Africans as francophiles rather than francophones ?
