What can female friendship offer, and what kind of political potential can it hold? Intervening in the androcentric and Western discourse that underlies the philosophy of friendship, I propose reframing the paradigm as an inclusive, nonhierarchical one that includes women. Female friendship is not only an intimate, interpersonal relationship, but also a political act that contests France’s phallogocentric and colonialist motto of liberté, égalité, fraternité. Unlike classical interpretations of friendship and French conceptions of fraternity, this dissertation seeks to highlight how women shape each other and their communities in positive ways. My project examines representations of female friendship in Francophone African and Asian literature and film from aesthetic, political, and ethical lenses. Through the use of close-reading, I contribute to the genealogy of friendship established by classical philosophers in order to argue that female friendship is a political strategy that challenges social oppressions and builds community. Analyzing in particular postcolonial works by Karin Albou, Anna Moï, Rayhana Obermeyer, Maryam Touzani, Radu Mihăileanu, and Angèle Kingué, this dissertation illustrates how female friendship creates an equalizing space where care can exist outside the institutions of marriage and family. Female friendship also operates as a survival mechanism in the face of war, patriarchy, and heteronormativity because it provides affective support, protects ostracized women, and renews villages. In addition, my analysis connects African and Asian voices to those of Black feminists, aiming to draw attention to the ways in which feminisms of color intersect with and overlap each other in a kinship that reflects the politics of female friendship. By redefining friendship in feminist and Francophone terms, this dissertation rewrites Western, masculine models of friendship. My project not only contributes to the limited conversation about female friendship in Francophone literature, but also establishes scholarship on female friendship in Francophone cinema. Ultimately, this dissertation brings feminist, Francophone, postcolonial, and utopian studies into dialogue, opening possibilities for exploring how relationships between women trouble hegemonic hierarchies and queer heteropatriarchal expectations.