But at a former job I worked with a fair number of African exchange students (mostly from Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Botswana) over a period of several years. To a man they had a strong dislike for the French...moreso than any other national group. That was something I always found rather interesting. Note that I am NOT an old Africa hand, do not play one on TV, and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I just always found it interesting that of all the national groups that had mucked about in Africa it was the French who my particular students remembered and disliked.