Les societes africaines passaient pour des societes qui ne. Jeanpaul lehners, emeritus professor, unesco chair in human rights, university of luxembourg 18. He is an honorary professor of howard university and the university of tokyo. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Les societes africaines passaient pour des societes qui ne pouvaient avoir d histoire. The unesco series on women in african history, produced by the knowledge societies division of unesco s communication and information sector, was. World heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. Gender equality and africa are the two global priorities of unesco. Djibril tamsir niane born 9 january 1932 is a historian, playwright, and short story writer, born in conakry, guinea his secondary education was in senegal and his degree from the university of bordeaux. He is noted for introducing the epic of sundiata, about sundiata keita ca 12171255, founder of the mali.
What makes the concept of world heritage exceptional is its universal application. Please note that given the exceptional circumstances related to the coronavirus covid19 pandemic, regular mail sent to the world heritage centre in paris cannot be processed on a normal basis for the moment. Address by irina bokova, directorgeneral of unesco. Yennega yennega, an emblematic figure in burkina faso, was the mother of ouedraogo, the founder of the dynasties of the moose chieftains. The seven volume unesco general history of africa series is available online for free download from the unesco website. Volume iv of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, the unesco general history of africa reflects how the different peoples of africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Lettre dinformation du bureau unesco libreville juillet. Unesco international scientific committee for the drafting of a general history of africa general history of africa volume i methodology and african prehistory editor j. Some volumes published in other languages chinese, korean. The links below connect to the volumes and are free. General history of africa unesco in 1964, the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization unesco launched an unprecedented task. Essayist, literary critic, is a member of unesco s.
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