Ouidah, sauvegarde et mise en valeur du patrimoine culturel lié à la traite : l’exemple d’un projet pilote de conservation du patrimoine architectural de style afro-brésilien
Known by the Europeans who practiced the transatlantic trade in the 17th century, Ouidah, cosmopolitan city, keeps a deep mixing of populations. The practice of the slave trade inexorably marked the nature, traditions, history and gender. Trafficking has left traces in the space structure of the cit...
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| Language: | fra |
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
2013-02-01
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| Series: | In Situ |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/10118 |
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| Summary: | Known by the Europeans who practiced the transatlantic trade in the 17th century, Ouidah, cosmopolitan city, keeps a deep mixing of populations. The practice of the slave trade inexorably marked the nature, traditions, history and gender. Trafficking has left traces in the space structure of the city by giving a meaning and a memory in different districts and shaped the city of Ouidah. Today some Ouidah heritages are in very great danger. We note the particular problem of Afro-Brazilian style private villas built from the 19th century by some slave traders come from Brazil or free slaves went back to Benin to trade in turn slaves. Ouidah, which today has over 83,000 inhabitants, began a true reflection on the preservation of its heritage and the development of sustainable tourism. The project entitled "Project of guest houses and valorisation of cultural heritage in Ouidah" is a component of the global project entitled "Project of the cultural and tourism of the municipality of Ouidah heritage" started in July 2006. The idea is to convert historic buildings into guest houses in order to save Afro-Brazilian style built heritage and also to reintroduce and pass on the know-how and ancient production techniques. This sustainable form of tourism would support the economic development of the city while contributing to a better understanding of the local heritage by keeping the memory of the slave trade. We put forward the relationship between the heritage action, the sustainable tourism and the transmission of memory. Beyond these links, it is mainly to raise awareness on the threats currently facing some exceptional cultural heritage of the city of Ouidah. |
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| ISSN: | 1630-7305 |