African French

African French French: français africain is a generic make-up of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 141 million people in Africa in 2018, spread across 34 countries & territories. This includes those who speak French as a first or second language in these 34 African countries & territories dark and light blue on the map, but it does not include French speakers living in other African countries. Africa is thus the continent with the almost French speakers in the world. French arrived in Africa as a colonial language; these African French speakers are now a large part of the Francophonie.