IN LIEU OF AN INTRODUCTION Franco-African relations have endured despite the nascent and transitory hiccups in the train of cooperation. The mountains of adventitious and concrete advantages, opportunities and prestige that colonialism had offered France have spilled over to the post colonial Francophone states. The French hegemonic role as regards the Francophone states has been characterized by a heavy disequilibrium. This imbalance is seemingly perpetually designed in favour of France in spite of the so-called partnership that France professes. Relations between France and Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa (SSFA) can be easily considered from a dual perspective. The first segment is an offshoot of the colonial policies. This period, often time, known as "the golden era" of Franco-African relations, started from the twilight of colonialism to the end of the Cold War. The post-Cold War era dynamics that informed Franco-African relations, now on the downgrade, constitutes the second phase of these relations. These two cardinal phases are important signposts to understanding the