There have been Muslims in West Africa since the XIth century, if not earlier. The region that is now Mali was the center of several famous Islamic empires, notably the Ghana Empire (VIIIth-XIthcentury) (Dieterlen & Sylla, 1992) the Songhai Empire (1464-1591) (Cissoko, 1996), and states established by a succession of jihads led by various Muslim armies.
"The restitution of our stolen heritage will remain at the heart of our agenda," said Senegal's president on Saturday, February 5, as he took the helm of the African Union. Senegal, along with others such as Algeria and Egypt, is at the forefront of the restitution debate, with its ambitious Museum of Black Civilizations. But will Africa manage to unite on this issue?
The ceremony took place on November 23, 2021, in El Mina (a suburb of Nouakchott, the Mauritania capital), in the presence of the president of the West-Central Africa Division (WAD), the sub-regional .
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