Afriques. Débats, Méthodes et Terrains d'Histoire
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Internationally refereed, Afriques is an academic journal about African worlds focusing on periods prior to the twentieth century.
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Marie Laure Derat (Orient & Méditerranée) reçoit aujourd'hui la médaille d'argent du CNRS pour son travail d'historienne et d'archéologue sur l'Ethiopie chrétienne médiévale. C'est une grande fierté pour la communauté et une juste récompense pour son travail de longue haleine.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Marie Laure Derat (Orient & Méditerranée) reçoit aujourd'hui la médaille d'argent du CNRS pour son travail d'historienne et d'archéologue sur l'Ethiopie chrétienne médiévale. C'est une grande fierté pour la communauté et une juste récompense pour son travail de longue haleine.
It then evolved to become a tool in the fight against the Dutch monopoly that had been established, particularly in the kingdom of Eguafo. Villault de Bellefond would have taken up and enriched this legend, of which he became aware during his visit to the region.
September 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It then evolved to become a tool in the fight against the Dutch monopoly that had been established, particularly in the kingdom of Eguafo. Villault de Bellefond would have taken up and enriched this legend, of which he became aware during his visit to the region.
This article develops another hypothesis: this legend would have been elaborated by Africans living on the Gold Coast in the early 17th c. to attract the French to the region and put an end to the Portuguese monopoly.
September 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This article develops another hypothesis: this legend would have been elaborated by Africans living on the Gold Coast in the early 17th c. to attract the French to the region and put an end to the Portuguese monopoly.
Then, the Normans made numerous voyages to West Africa until the beg. of the 15th c.
Charles de La Roncière (1925) and Raymond Mauny (1950) consider that Villault de Bellefond wrote in order to support Colbert's colonial project in Africa and labelled his narration a legend.
Charles de La Roncière (1925) and Raymond Mauny (1950) consider that Villault de Bellefond wrote in order to support Colbert's colonial project in Africa and labelled his narration a legend.
September 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Then, the Normans made numerous voyages to West Africa until the beg. of the 15th c.
Charles de La Roncière (1925) and Raymond Mauny (1950) consider that Villault de Bellefond wrote in order to support Colbert's colonial project in Africa and labelled his narration a legend.
Charles de La Roncière (1925) and Raymond Mauny (1950) consider that Villault de Bellefond wrote in order to support Colbert's colonial project in Africa and labelled his narration a legend.
In 1669, the Frenchman Nicolas Villault de Bellefond published a travel account entitled "Relation des costes d’Afrique appelées Guinée". It reports in great detail that the Normans passed Cape Bojador as early as 1364, i.e. almost 70 years before the Portugueses.
September 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
In 1669, the Frenchman Nicolas Villault de Bellefond published a travel account entitled "Relation des costes d’Afrique appelées Guinée". It reports in great detail that the Normans passed Cape Bojador as early as 1364, i.e. almost 70 years before the Portugueses.
This article proposes a new hypothesis concerning the geographical origin of the builders of the DGB monuments. In line with many migration and origin accounts, the Mowo-Gudur region may have played a special role in the settlement process of highlands.
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This article proposes a new hypothesis concerning the geographical origin of the builders of the DGB monuments. In line with many migration and origin accounts, the Mowo-Gudur region may have played a special role in the settlement process of highlands.
This comparison reveals a time offset between the traditions of the summits and their analogues in the foothills.
It also sheds new light on the settlement process in the interior of the mountain chain.
It also sheds new light on the settlement process in the interior of the mountain chain.
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This comparison reveals a time offset between the traditions of the summits and their analogues in the foothills.
It also sheds new light on the settlement process in the interior of the mountain chain.
It also sheds new light on the settlement process in the interior of the mountain chain.
The DGB (diy-geɗ-biy) sites, perched on the northern heights of the Mandara Mountains, have revealed two pottery traditions that the author compare with those that make up the chrono-cultural sequences of the surrounding foothills and plains.
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The DGB (diy-geɗ-biy) sites, perched on the northern heights of the Mandara Mountains, have revealed two pottery traditions that the author compare with those that make up the chrono-cultural sequences of the surrounding foothills and plains.
It also explains how the Sultanate of Kilwa attempted to break away from Omani control.
#manuscript, #SwahiliCoast, #diplomacy, #slavetrade, #Oman, #Kilwa, #France, #AfricanHistory
#manuscript, #SwahiliCoast, #diplomacy, #slavetrade, #Oman, #Kilwa, #France, #AfricanHistory
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It also explains how the Sultanate of Kilwa attempted to break away from Omani control.
#manuscript, #SwahiliCoast, #diplomacy, #slavetrade, #Oman, #Kilwa, #France, #AfricanHistory
#manuscript, #SwahiliCoast, #diplomacy, #slavetrade, #Oman, #Kilwa, #France, #AfricanHistory
It sheds crucial light on the nature of relations between Swahili, Omani and French at the beginning of the 19th c. It shows the importance of slave-trading networks for French diplomacy and how they persisted after the official abolition of the slave trade.
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It sheds crucial light on the nature of relations between Swahili, Omani and French at the beginning of the 19th c. It shows the importance of slave-trading networks for French diplomacy and how they persisted after the official abolition of the slave trade.
This article includes a reproduction of the letter, its transcription and translation. The historical analysis helps to understand the context (actors, political situation), as well as the strategies of resistance of the Swahili sovereigns in the face of Omani expansionism in East Africa.
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This article includes a reproduction of the letter, its transcription and translation. The historical analysis helps to understand the context (actors, political situation), as well as the strategies of resistance of the Swahili sovereigns in the face of Omani expansionism in East Africa.
A newly edited and translated letter from mfalme Sulaymān b. Ḥasan to Louis XVIII, written in Arabic in 1819, aimed to seal an alliance between France and the Sultanate of Kilwa against the Omanis settled in Zanzibar, thanks to the good offices of an Arabic-speaking scholar and a slave trader.
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A newly edited and translated letter from mfalme Sulaymān b. Ḥasan to Louis XVIII, written in Arabic in 1819, aimed to seal an alliance between France and the Sultanate of Kilwa against the Omanis settled in Zanzibar, thanks to the good offices of an Arabic-speaking scholar and a slave trader.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Nous soutenons le mouvement Stand up for Science. Première manifestation mondiale le vendredi 7 mars 2025.
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France sought to conduct its commercial activities in the region freely. The 3 treaties signed in 1785, 1802, and 1806 between France and Fuuta-Tooro were similar in nature. Each ultimately failed as both parties sought to protect their own interests.
January 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
France sought to conduct its commercial activities in the region freely. The 3 treaties signed in 1785, 1802, and 1806 between France and Fuuta-Tooro were similar in nature. Each ultimately failed as both parties sought to protect their own interests.
In 1776, Fuuta-Tooro underwent a Theocratic Revolution, rejecting the authority of Saint-Louis in order to uphold one of the revolution’s core principles: combating the slave trade while continuing to collect taxes. Its sovereignty clashed with the pressures of French authority in Saint-Louis.
January 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
In 1776, Fuuta-Tooro underwent a Theocratic Revolution, rejecting the authority of Saint-Louis in order to uphold one of the revolution’s core principles: combating the slave trade while continuing to collect taxes. Its sovereignty clashed with the pressures of French authority in Saint-Louis.
Between the official end of the 1st English occupation of Senegal in 1783 and the 2d English occupation of St. Louis in 1809, France concluded 3 treaties with the Fuuta-Tooro, aiming to revive trade, ensure the security of its merchants, and resolve issues related to customs and taxes.
January 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Between the official end of the 1st English occupation of Senegal in 1783 and the 2d English occupation of St. Louis in 1809, France concluded 3 treaties with the Fuuta-Tooro, aiming to revive trade, ensure the security of its merchants, and resolve issues related to customs and taxes.
The particular geographical location of Ghadames, situated between 2 prominent states—Morocco and the Ottoman Empire—each with their respective caliphal claims, has historically enabled the scholars of the city to formulate and substantiate their own political stances.
#Tuaregs #KelTamasheq
#Tuaregs #KelTamasheq
January 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The particular geographical location of Ghadames, situated between 2 prominent states—Morocco and the Ottoman Empire—each with their respective caliphal claims, has historically enabled the scholars of the city to formulate and substantiate their own political stances.
#Tuaregs #KelTamasheq
#Tuaregs #KelTamasheq
Taking the example of the main group in the Saharan West in the fourteenth century, the Massūfa, whose men wore the liṯām, a veil concealing the face, this article proposes a historical and political reading of their trans-Saharan territory.
January 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Taking the example of the main group in the Saharan West in the fourteenth century, the Massūfa, whose men wore the liṯām, a veil concealing the face, this article proposes a historical and political reading of their trans-Saharan territory.
In the 14th c., West Africa presented a stable political landscape comprised of large sultanates. However, the Sahara is still seen as an area lacking political organizations, and the nomadic powers are not considered as legitimate authorities over their own territories.
January 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In the 14th c., West Africa presented a stable political landscape comprised of large sultanates. However, the Sahara is still seen as an area lacking political organizations, and the nomadic powers are not considered as legitimate authorities over their own territories.
Plurality of the political field, intellectual approaches to legitimacy, identification of social groups constituting themselves as collective actors: the themes explored by the three authors address some of the central issues in the study of politics in Africa before 1900.
January 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Plurality of the political field, intellectual approaches to legitimacy, identification of social groups constituting themselves as collective actors: the themes explored by the three authors address some of the central issues in the study of politics in Africa before 1900.