Centre Culturel Franco-Nigérien Travel Guide: Top Sights in Niger,

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Centre Culturel Franco-Nigérien- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Niger; 5 Reviews

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The Centre Culturel Franco-Nigérien (CCFN) in Niamey, established in 1965 under a 1977 bilateral agreement, operates as a public institution under Nigerien law, promoting cultural exchange between Niger and France. It hosts exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, and workshops while supporting local artists and youth programs. A secondary branch in Zinder, established in 1993, extends its cultural reach. As the last remaining Franco-national center from Africa’s post-independence era, it serves as a model for intercultural cooperation, blending Nigerien management with French support.

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Reviews of Centre Culturel Franco Nigérien

Kotchami Ogougbe

4
Reviewed: 2024-11-09

Another ideal setting for growing metaphysically. Very interesting!!!
Mahamadou Aminou Ousmane Ibrahim

4
Reviewed: 2024-05-11

An ideal center for learning
Tiambou YAYE

5
Reviewed: 2023-11-23

I have been an activist for 12 years
El Grintcho

4
Reviewed: 2023-06-27

A recreational place for all expatriates in Niger 🇳🇪 an environment conducive to meetings and a framework for artists to promote their works 🥳
Abou Ibrahim Oumar

5
Reviewed: 2023-06-17

I first regularly attended the CCFN in Zinder more than forty-five years ago during my primary school and the first part of middle school. There were more than 3,000 books 📖 at the CCFN in Zinder and more than 10,000 in Niamey. The centers were livelier when they also opened on Sundays and when the reading rooms opened from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.! It's sad to see a library close just when the reader starts to concentrate! But CCFNs are no exception in this problem: other libraries are even worse! Otherwise, until now, the CCFNs organize many attractive activities for young people where young people and expatriates of all nationalities meet very often! I personally learned, among other things, chess games in the 80s at the CCFN. The CCFN had housed the very first Chess Club of the time, founded by one of the first computer scientists in Niger, the late Maman ABOU, the boss of the Journal le Républicain, the Imprimerie Nouvelle de Niamey and a few hotels in the country; but also co-founded by one of the first staticians of Niger, I named the former President of the Republic and the Opponent Mahaman Ousmane. Today that there is a Chess Games Federation (my favorite sport, an intellectual sport and gymnastics), the main FENIJEC Club, the Nigerien Chess Games Federation, operates at the CCFN, at the Jean ROUCH cafeteria for all (free open except drinks) every Saturday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. and, now, for young primary school students, at the media library every Saturday from 10:30 a.m.