Thiam, Doudou Keywords: Africa | Federalism | Mots clefs: Afrique | Fédéralisme | ABSTRACT Doudou Thiam points out, in the introduction to his course on African Federalism, that problem arises and to which it is necessary to given an answer is as follows: what is, in the present state (in 1969), the form of federalism that best corresponds to the sociological data of the continent? This question is at the center of the debate that inspires various African fractions. To answer this question, the author first focuses on African federal states and then on regional organizations in Africa. Le pr…