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Title The Art as Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa L'Art comme Ecriture en Afrique noire
Full text https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01081563; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01081563/document
Date 2013
Author(s) Lock, Etienne
Contributor(s) Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS) ; Université Lille III - Sciences humaines et sociales - CNRS
Abstract International audience - Talking about writing in sub-Saharan African cultures may seem surprising. Indeed, these cultures are mainly known as a carrier of an oral tradition. In fact it sits side by side, written as revealing, though less known. Mainly driven by artistic creation, the written tradition is not easily accessible and, until today, it is difficult to defend the hypothesis of a literate Africa. But African societies have not finished to reveal their treasure, especially in regard to artistic creation. It must end with a number of peremptory assertions. Writing is an artistic creation in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the art is also expressed by known and engraved texts.
Subject(s) Art; Afrique sub-saharienne; Signe graphique; Symbole; Tradition écrite; Tradition orale; [SHS.HIST] Humanities and Social Sciences/History
Language fr
Publisher HAL CCSD; Athanasius Th. Photopoulos
Type of publication Journal articles
Source Journal of Oriental and African Studies; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01081563; Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Athanasius Th. Photopoulos, 2013, 22, pp.259-269. <http://joastudies.wordpress.com>; http://joastudies.wordpress.com
Identifier hal-01081563
Repository France - Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL), SHS
Added to C-A: 2014-12-09;12:27:32