“An empty bag cannot stand upright.” — Mandinka proverb
Two stars. The team that wears the tricolore today already carries every continent in its lineup — kids whose grandmothers spoke Wolof, Bambara, Arabic, Akan, Igbo, Kongo. The squad isn't an exception to French identity....
The Hexagone is the country's geographic shape — a six-sided outline of mainland France. The Coq Gaulois is the older totem — a Latin pun (Gallia, Gaul; gallus, rooster) that survived Rome, the Revolution, and...