This article explores multiple affiliations that first-generation Francophone
sub-Saharan African immigrants in Alberta build with their communities of origin, the
Francophone community in general, and the broader Canadian society. This article
posits that dominant racial and ethnic ideologies generate feelings of exclusion from
multiple communities. It also sheds light on major challenges faced by this population
in the process of integration and illustrates how these barriers are related to racism and
linguistic discrimination. At the same time, we observe that African Francophone
immigrants reinterpret their social identities in inclusive ways that draw our attention
to alternative means of approaching identities. In addition to immigrants’ identity
strategies, some initiatives have been implemented within the mainstream of the
Francophonie and the broader Alberta society that allow us to identify ways of avoiding
identity exclusion and increasing equity