مساهمة الحسن بن محمد الوزان في التاريخ لبلاد السودان من خلال كتاب "وصف إفريقيا"

الملخص EN

In this study, we will stand at one of the Moroccan landmark travellars and geographers, Al Hassan Ibn Mohamed El-Wazzane, who is famous for his outstanding geographical work entitled "The Description of Africa" which was written in the middle of the third decade of the 16th century.

This work is considered to be one of the important sources in the introduction of Africa including the Sudan section, presently known as Africa.

In this book, the writer introduced himself as a Moroccan with a European thinking style.

He wrote his book in the Latin language in Italy during the era of the European Renaissance and the geographical findings.

This book provides the researchers with important and relevant information about that civilization and its peoples and cultures.

Also, it does shed light on some of the mysterious periods of its history at the beginning of the modern era.

With this book, the writer has contributed to the enrichment of its history by providing information about the living conditions of its inhabitants, its geography and its tracks in full details and accuracy.

As the provided information about the country of Sudan was in the form of live field witnesses and observations of the visited regions and kingdoms through which he reported to us relevant and direct events related to the political, economic, socio-cultural, religious, and even natural aspects of life.

Such study is characterized by a diversity between the descriptive geography and the oral narratives.

That is why such a work could be considered as a historical as well as a geographical reference document.