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75 Choses Merveilleuses Qu'on Ne Te Dit Pas Sur l'Afrique Précoloniale
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ISBN10: 1998558657
ISBN13: 9781998558650
Publisher: Les Editions AB Alke Bulan
Published: Aug 20 2025
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
ISBN13: 9781998558650
Publisher: Les Editions AB Alke Bulan
Published: Aug 20 2025
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
Saviez-vous que l'Empire du Kongo possédait sa propre organisation du temps, avec un calendrier bien différent du nôtre? La semaine y comptait quatre jours, dont trois consacrés au travail et un réservé au marché. Ainsi, le mois s'articulait en sept semaines, et l'année en treize mois, plus un jour de fête.
Saviez-vous qu'en 1246, le roi Dunama II du Kanem-Bornou établit des relations diplomatiques avec Al-Mustansir, souverain de Tunis? Pour marquer cette alliance, il lui fit parvenir un présent somptueux, comprenant une girafe. Selon une chronique ancienne, cet animal exceptionnel fit sensation à Tunis .
Saviez-vous enfin que la ville d'Ile-Ife, au Nigeria, fut pavée dès l'an 1000, sur ordre d'une souveraine? Ce pavement était orné de décorations d'inspiration américaine antique, un mystère fascinant qui précède de près de cinq siècles les voyages de Christophe Colomb.
Ces exemples ne sont qu'un aperçu des réalisations prodigieuses de l'Afrique précoloniale, des exploits souvent passés sous silence et absents de nos manuels scolaires. Ce livre vous invite à redécouvrir soixante-quinze accomplissements majeurs de l'Afrique, bien avant l'ère coloniale européenne - autant de témoignages d'une histoire riche, complexe et universelle.
Saviez-vous enfin que la ville d'Ile-Ife, au Nigeria, fut pavée dès l'an 1000, sur ordre d'une souveraine? Ce pavement était orné de décorations d'inspiration américaine antique, un mystère fascinant qui précède de près de cinq siècles les voyages de Christophe Colomb.
Ces exemples ne sont qu'un aperçu des réalisations prodigieuses de l'Afrique précoloniale, des exploits souvent passés sous silence et absents de nos manuels scolaires. Ce livre vous invite à redécouvrir soixante-quinze accomplissements majeurs de l'Afrique, bien avant l'ère coloniale européenne - autant de témoignages d'une histoire riche, complexe et universelle.
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