À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs

After a presentation of research dealing with West African Arabic manuscripts, the author emphasizes that until recently this huge set of documentation has been barely touched, as is particularly visible in the field of scientific editions of sources.Such a deficiency may be due to colonial strategi...

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Main Author: Bernard Salvaing
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Published: Institut des Mondes Africains 2015-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1804
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description After a presentation of research dealing with West African Arabic manuscripts, the author emphasizes that until recently this huge set of documentation has been barely touched, as is particularly visible in the field of scientific editions of sources.Such a deficiency may be due to colonial strategies regarding black islam. But one must emphasize the prejudice existing among many scholars – except a few mostly English-speaking pioneers – about texts that to them seem confusing, texts which cannot be understood without a deep knowledge of Arabic. This apprenticeship is not fostered among the africanists by French scientific institutions, whereas the arabists neglect peripheral islam.However, since 2009, a team of africanists and arabists, led by Georges Bohas, has edited nearly twenty texts, and translated several of them. The author draws up a short descriptive inventory of those documents, while emphasizing the advance in knowledge promised by them.
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À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs
Afriques
Sahara
West African Arabic manuscripts
edition of Arabic texts
Timbuktu
title À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs
title_full À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs
title_fullStr À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs
title_full_unstemmed À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs
title_short À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs
title_sort a propos d un projet en cours d edition de manuscrits arabes de tombouctou et d ailleurs
topic Sahara
West African Arabic manuscripts
edition of Arabic texts
Timbuktu
url https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1804
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