Dakar (INA) - Since March 570, more than 2014 Senegalese personalities have been working on a huge project to write the general history of Senegal. This project is a translation of the idea of Professor Iba Dor Etiam, a deputy in the Senegalese National Assembly, with the aim of overcoming the differences of schools over the history of Senegal and taking into account the various human, economic, political, social, cultural, strategic and religious problems. This large number of personalities entrusted with the completion of this research work consists of professors and researchers from five universities in the country, specialists in history, philosophy, linguistics, sociology, mathematics, physics, doctors, tradition experts, journalists and writers. According to the program coordinator, Professor Etiam, it is expected that the project, accompanied by photographs and drawings, which is supervised by five scientific committees, will come out in 20 volumes from 500 to 800 pages per volume, with two volumes of the same size allocated for indexing and bibliography. This scientific work, based on the interrogation of multiple and diverse sources, will cover three historical periods, the first extending from the beginning of the history of the region until the tenth century AD, while the second covers a stage between the tenth century AD and the nineteenth century, while the last stage deals with the modern period extending from the nineteenth century. To this day. According to the project coordinator, work on the first volumes of this achievement is expected to be completed by the end of June 2015 and the beginning of July, while the rest of the volumes will be completed in December of this year or January of next year. Professor Etiam confirmed that the project received the personal patronage of the Senegalese President, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Sheikh Anta Job University, and also received the blessing of representatives of the various religious families from Senegal, who expressed their willingness to effectively support all its stages. (End) Al-Mukhtar Al-Talib Al-Nafi / pg
one minute
